My first morta

alexnc

Part of the Furniture Now

Oct 25, 2015

953

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Southeast US

• Nov 18, 2016

• #1

Very nice Moretti - smokes nice

 

iamn8

Lifer

Sep 8, 2014

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Moody, AL

• Nov 18, 2016

• #2

Morta is a brilliant material and that's a beautiful one!!! Congrats!! Good taste!

 

B

bigpond

Lifer

Oct 14, 2014

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• Nov 18, 2016

• #3

Congrats! The break in can be a bit of a bear with morta ime, but I find DFK heavy blends seem to do well in the early days.

 

hextor

Part of the Furniture Now

Sep 20, 2015

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• Nov 18, 2016

• #4

that's a beautie!!! i heard morta smokes cool, is that true?

 

fitzy

Lifer

Nov 13, 2012

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NY

• Nov 18, 2016

• #5

Congrats.

 

alexnc

Part of the Furniture Now

Oct 25, 2015

953

804

Southeast US

• Nov 18, 2016

• #6

Only one smoke so far, and it smoked well, cool & dry. Will try it again with DFK tonight or tomorrow morning. I heard they did not need break in? I guess a heavy DFK might be something more like Irish Flake or Sterling flake? Which I love anyway! Thx

 

bostoneo

Starting to Get Obsessed

Sep 22, 2016

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Akron, OH

• Nov 18, 2016

• #7

Awesome buy! Looking for a Morta myself. Did you find it on their ebay store?

 

alexnc

Part of the Furniture Now

Oct 25, 2015

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Southeast US

• Nov 18, 2016

• #8

Yes - in their eBay store. They're great to work with, will customize to fit a filter, I bet they would do custom work but did not ask

 

hmhaines

Part of the Furniture Now

Sep 5, 2016

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CT

• Nov 18, 2016

• #9

Absolutely gorgeous. I was just wondering if anyone made polished Morta pipes.

 

alexnc

Part of the Furniture Now

Oct 25, 2015

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Southeast US

• Nov 19, 2016

• #10

Layered Orlik DFK over Rattray Sterling Flake. Have to say it's smoking great on bowl 2.

 

scrooge

Lifer

Apr 24, 2015

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• Nov 19, 2016

• #11

That's a beauty. Have been eye balling one on ebay also. Unsmoked an made by ejames. Congrats!

 

alexnorth

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Apr 7, 2015

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• Nov 19, 2016

• #12

Beautiful pipe and that pic with the fireplace is great! Makes me want to pack a bowl right this instant!

 

B

bigpond

Lifer

Oct 14, 2014

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13

• Nov 19, 2016

• #13

I heard they did not need break in? I guess a heavy DFK might be something more like Irish Flake or Sterling flake? Which I love anyway! Thx

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Ever notice people say a lot of conflicting things about pipes? Here a little more: I treat morta like briar and do let it cake, which I find helps enormously in combating the swamp like taste that affects many morta blocks. That taste is part of the reason I find morta seems to do so well with DFK. One point of morta dogma I do agree with is that you can smoke that pipe all day without too much trouble.

 

Chasing Embers

Captain of the Black Frigate

Nov 12, 2014

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• Nov 19, 2016

• #14

Marco makes great pipes. Have one of his magnums myself. At one point he did do commission work, but unsure about now. Could always contact him to find out, he is a great gentleman to deal with.

 

mackeson

Part of the Furniture Now

Mar 29, 2016

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• Nov 19, 2016

• #15

Neat shape and great grain! I hope it brings you many years of enjoyment