Hello everyone,
My father recently gave me his collection of African meerschaum pipes that he purchased in Tanzania during the 1970s. Out of all of he pipes in the collection, one pipe is standing out to me as odd. The pipe has never been used, and was put away in his crawlspace for decades. It has the elephant marking of the Tanganyika meerschaum corporation, and is of a usual style for african meers. But on the inside of the bowl, it appears to have a grain and strongly resembles wood. I'm just wondering if this is typical of African meers, or is this pipe made of wood?
Below is a link to an imgur album of the pipe, the third picture in the set shows the grain (as best as my camera can show) that is odd to me. I would appreciate any information anyone can provide. Thanks!
http://imgur.com/a/KKwhL
My father recently gave me his collection of African meerschaum pipes that he purchased in Tanzania during the 1970s. Out of all of he pipes in the collection, one pipe is standing out to me as odd. The pipe has never been used, and was put away in his crawlspace for decades. It has the elephant marking of the Tanganyika meerschaum corporation, and is of a usual style for african meers. But on the inside of the bowl, it appears to have a grain and strongly resembles wood. I'm just wondering if this is typical of African meers, or is this pipe made of wood?
Below is a link to an imgur album of the pipe, the third picture in the set shows the grain (as best as my camera can show) that is odd to me. I would appreciate any information anyone can provide. Thanks!
http://imgur.com/a/KKwhL
