Hello all,
So I have had this meerschaum pipe –my first in fact– for a little bit more than a week now and have been smoking it around twice a day in the somewhat cold weather of downtown Toronto (less than 10 degrees but not negative temperatures yet). It smokes great and I have been pretty happy about it and colouring it until I noticed a hair crack on its shank yesterday and fear it might be something serious (it seems to have expanded when I smoked it today but I am not sure of that yet). I have taken great care of that pipe ever since I got it and am quite disappointed by that crack...
Could you guys give me your opinion on the pipe and/or the reason why it developed a hair crack? I have attached some photos for you to have an idea of the pipe itself.
Do you think it is safe for me to keep on smoking it? How long do you anything abou ou think it might still have if I don't do anything about it? What can I do to fix the crack?
Let me add that I bought it from the AND meerschaum website for around 47$.
So I have had this meerschaum pipe –my first in fact– for a little bit more than a week now and have been smoking it around twice a day in the somewhat cold weather of downtown Toronto (less than 10 degrees but not negative temperatures yet). It smokes great and I have been pretty happy about it and colouring it until I noticed a hair crack on its shank yesterday and fear it might be something serious (it seems to have expanded when I smoked it today but I am not sure of that yet). I have taken great care of that pipe ever since I got it and am quite disappointed by that crack...
Could you guys give me your opinion on the pipe and/or the reason why it developed a hair crack? I have attached some photos for you to have an idea of the pipe itself.
Do you think it is safe for me to keep on smoking it? How long do you anything abou ou think it might still have if I don't do anything about it? What can I do to fix the crack?
Let me add that I bought it from the AND meerschaum website for around 47$.