Hi!
I just bought a Strambach Vienna meerschaum pipe. There was two models: One with a bent stem, and another with straight one. I liked more the bent stem, so I ended up walking out of the store carrying it, and I was a happy man. Having smoked it once, I still am, just there occurred a little problem.
I don't know what is the material of the stem, but it - I mean the part you can get off from the bowl - is so curwed it's really hard to get cleaner through it. Do I just need to push hard, or is it dangerous - can it break the stem? On the other hand, my skills of deduction are telling me I need to clean it anyway. Just wanted to ask your advice. Is it just a violence with bent stems?
Thanks in advance!
Happy meerschaumer
I just bought a Strambach Vienna meerschaum pipe. There was two models: One with a bent stem, and another with straight one. I liked more the bent stem, so I ended up walking out of the store carrying it, and I was a happy man. Having smoked it once, I still am, just there occurred a little problem.
I don't know what is the material of the stem, but it - I mean the part you can get off from the bowl - is so curwed it's really hard to get cleaner through it. Do I just need to push hard, or is it dangerous - can it break the stem? On the other hand, my skills of deduction are telling me I need to clean it anyway. Just wanted to ask your advice. Is it just a violence with bent stems?
Thanks in advance!
Happy meerschaumer