I have been restoring briar pipes using the cotton ball/alcohol treatment and then using bleach on the stems when needed (I avoid this until all else does not work though). I was wondering though as I heard that you restore meerschaums differently than briar pipes how one would go about doing so? Fred, maybe you can shed some light on this topic? I know that it vaguely said something in one of the articles on how to care for them but I was wanting more of a VERY detailed instruction set on how to restore meerschaum pipes.
