It smokes well enough but it's developed a kind of cinnamon smell. Is that indicative of composite meer, or just that the previous owner smoked an aromatic out of it?
Here are the photos. Seller advertised it as "Vintage Echt Bernstein Meerschaum Carved Grapes/Leaves in original case", and indeed:
Opening it up, however, it seems like the pipe is a bit too small for the case:
making me wonder. Then there's the shank...
just noticed that it's a little out of focus, but yes, it screws on to the stem.
The stem itself is supposed to be amber, but lord knows I can't tell. The internet told me to clean it off and lick it, which I did, and I think I tasted something, but it's faint enough that it could just be in my head.
It looks like the previous owner only smoked half-bowls for whatever reason, and the drilling is odd, like they didn't exactly meet the bottom of the bowl with the air hole and finished it up by drilling straight through the bottom
But for all of that it smoked quite well, aside from the strange scent which only became apparent after I smoked it for a bit.
So I don't know. I suspect it's just some meer pipe they put in the old case to help sell it, and the stem is acrylic. How can I tell?
Here are the photos. Seller advertised it as "Vintage Echt Bernstein Meerschaum Carved Grapes/Leaves in original case", and indeed:
Opening it up, however, it seems like the pipe is a bit too small for the case:
making me wonder. Then there's the shank...
just noticed that it's a little out of focus, but yes, it screws on to the stem.
The stem itself is supposed to be amber, but lord knows I can't tell. The internet told me to clean it off and lick it, which I did, and I think I tasted something, but it's faint enough that it could just be in my head.
It looks like the previous owner only smoked half-bowls for whatever reason, and the drilling is odd, like they didn't exactly meet the bottom of the bowl with the air hole and finished it up by drilling straight through the bottom
But for all of that it smoked quite well, aside from the strange scent which only became apparent after I smoked it for a bit.
So I don't know. I suspect it's just some meer pipe they put in the old case to help sell it, and the stem is acrylic. How can I tell?