Meerly Another Devil Anse Meer

ashdigger

Lifer

Jul 30, 2016

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• Dec 2, 2016

• #1

I recently grabbed another meer. I say recently but from when I purchased it to when it arrived was right at a month. I'm not a very patient waiter. But, I was extremely happy when it arrived. It is right at 4 1/2 long and weighs 24 grams.
It is a very good little smoker. I need to replace the lost hinge, but that's no biggie, since I have several donor cases......

 

oldreddog

Part of the Furniture Now

Sep 4, 2014

923

6

• Dec 2, 2016

• #2

I'm no meerkat ashdigger,that thing is sweet. I see it has a screw in tenon am I right in saying it's vintage?

 

ashdigger

Lifer

Jul 30, 2016

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• Dec 2, 2016

• #3

Yes, vintage. The best kind.

 

hmhaines

Part of the Furniture Now

Sep 5, 2016

900

1

CT

• Dec 2, 2016

• #4

Meerkat.... Nice

 

oldreddog

Part of the Furniture Now

Sep 4, 2014

923

6

• Dec 2, 2016

• #5

Indubitably!

I really must get a meer at some stage.

 

wyfbane

Lifer

Apr 26, 2013

5,117

3,517

Tennessee

• Dec 2, 2016

• #6

Wow! That was a good find. Nice looking pipe!

 

blueeyedogre

Lifer

Oct 17, 2013

1,552

30

• Dec 2, 2016

• #7

Nice find. I'm a big fan of short "devil anse" style meers.

 

pagan

Lifer

May 6, 2016

5,963

28

West Texas

• Dec 2, 2016

• #8

Sweet score

 

ophiuchus

Lifer

Mar 25, 2016

1,558

2,055

• Dec 2, 2016

• #9

Terrific pipe. The label on the ruler is appropriate. :lol:

I really must get a meer at some stage.

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I've been thinking the same thing lately. I can be a spaz and a klutz, so I've avoided meers, but it's been years since I've dropped any of my briars, so maybe I can handle a meer now.

 

cobguy

Lifer

Oct 18, 2013

3,742

15

• Dec 2, 2016

• #10

Sweet ... I had a feeling this would be yours before I even clicked on the thread!
Your Kaywoodies aren't going to suffer due to this new Devil Anse obsession will they? :D
LOL ... looks like a great smoker. Congrats!

 

tbradsim1

Lifer

Jan 14, 2012

9,099

11,051

Southwest Louisiana

• Dec 2, 2016

• #11

Great little Meer, vintage too, Home run. :clap:

 

beefeater33

Lifer

Apr 14, 2014

4,089

6,186

Central Ohio

• Dec 2, 2016

• #12

That's a Beauty!! Looks to be right in your wheelhouse, being the Devil Anse fan that you are!........ Nice find!.... ::

 

ashdigger

Lifer

Jul 30, 2016

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• Dec 2, 2016

• #13

Thanks guys. Here's a shocker......I just grabbed one more. I'll smoke this one while waiting. :twisted:

 

disinformatique

Lifer

Jun 10, 2014

1,763

42

44

Bangalore, India and St. Petersburg Florida

• Dec 3, 2016

• #14

Hows the draw, I'm not too happy with pipes with screw-tenons and bone tenons.

 

newbroom

Lifer

Jul 11, 2014

6,109

6,574

Florida

• Dec 3, 2016

• #15

I've had a few estate meers arrive with screw in tenons and I hand turn a drill bit through them if possible to open the draw...I find the stems to be hard or that they 'feel' hard...but the pipes are light enough that it's still not impossible to clench them, at least enough to use two hands while lighting them.

 

ashdigger

Lifer

Jul 30, 2016

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• Dec 3, 2016

• #16

The draw is just fine. Older era pipes were obvious drilled to different standards and it takes a bit of "adaption", but it smokes great.
As for the hardness of the stem.....that's the price of admission on theses old Amber, Ambera, Redmanol or Bakelite stem from back then. That's one reason I like the smaller pipes from back then.

 

condorlover1

Lifer

Dec 22, 2013

8,051

27,175

New York

• Dec 3, 2016

• #17

Tim you are going to do for 'Devils Anse' pipes what I have done to popularize the meerschaum 'cutty' pipe! :rofl:

 

randelli

Part of the Furniture Now

Nov 21, 2015

914

5

• Dec 3, 2016

• #18

That Anse is meervelous!