An Observation of the Coloring of Vintage Meerschaum

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Chasing Embers

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didimauw

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^ That skull is what Embers calls a clencher. For hiking, gardening, and general lunting.

Do we know what became of that massive block of meer? Where did you get the pic? I'm assuming it got cut up to make several pipes from.
Nah, thats probably Embers next commission. He is sick of these tiny pipes like his skull... those are for babies.
 

didimauw

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So we need someone with spreadsheet experience, that can log all of this useless information with all of our pictures and future updates lol.

#bowls?
Chamber size?
Tobacco plug?
Cake? No cake?
Wax added?
Coin in chamber?
Washer in chamber?
Coloring bowl?
Full moon?


You know, for Science......
 

jhowell

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Another thing to keep in mind is that 100 years ago, meerschaum pipes were coated with sperm whale oil instead of beeswax - that would also make a difference in how they color.
 
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verporchting

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So to get the authentic meerschaum coloring you are suggesting I have to give a 'hand party' to a fecking Whale at my local aquarium? How does that work?
Depends, how dedicated are you, really, to authentic meerschaum coloring??? This separates the dilettantes from the “real” pipe smokers. 😂😂😂😂

I’m afraid I fail, lol. I’m cool with just smoking the damn thing and letting it color as it wants.

For those more dedicated, videos or it didn’t happen 😂
 

MCJ

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I don't think this question was asked already in this thread (forgive me if it has), but is it just me or has anyone else noticed that antique meerschaum cheroot pipes almost always seem to have a very deep coloration? If so, wouldn't that go against the vote for building thick cake as best way to color meers (since cheroot pipes hold all the tobacco in the end cap/holder and not in the main body of the pipe, so presumably no cake is building up there)? Maybe it does all go back to back sperm whale oil... :rolleyes:
 
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