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    Well that didn’t last long…

    I’m surprised nobody put their name to that one it’s real nice. I’m assuming the bare spot on the shank is meant for the did stutter to put their branding, but I see a lot of pipes on meerschaum market and royal meerschaum that never got their name on those bare spots either. If the distributor...
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    Well that didn’t last long…

    I’m encouraged to hear that there are some good carvers with good customer service, hopefully I’ll be able to commission some pipes in the years to come. No such luck for this pipe though, I’m pretty sure it was done by a no name apprentice since I got it cheap.
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    Well that didn’t last long…

    It’s very faint, but there is definitely a crack there. I’ve only put 15 or 20 bowls through it so that’s a bit disappointing. I’m not sure if I just pushed it too hard to try and color it fast, or if it had flaws to begin with. I feel like I’ve been overly cautious with the way I handle it, and...
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    I’ll admit it’s a little juvenile, but I picked up my first meerschaum at the Columbus pipe show last weekend.

    I got it from Meerschaum Depot, they had a wholesale booth at the show so I got it for only $80. the tenons not of the best quality and i will probably need to replace the plastic insert for it, but those are pretty cheap from what I've heard. I think that they must have taken the majority of...
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    I’ll admit it’s a little juvenile, but I picked up my first meerschaum at the Columbus pipe show last weekend.

    Probably should have taken pictures before I smoked it, but I was to eager to finally get to smoke one after wanting to try them out for years. I’m glad to see some color showing up after only five bowls, looking forward to seeing her color develop over time.