An Observation of the Coloring of Vintage Meerschaum
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Gosh, no coloring bowls, no eBay links to spermaceti oil?
As I see myself out, I’ll wish best of luck watching things get dirty.
As I see myself out, I’ll wish best of luck watching things get dirty.
Tried that one. All it does is dilute and spread the discolored wax on the surface giving a more even colored look.
Using those gets you a pretty coloring bowl and a hardly touched pipe.
And they look like they'd add way too much unnecessary weight to the pipe.
I know. I’m just listing previous internet approved meer coloring techniques.
The spermaceti oil off eBay was a huge one a few years ago.
It’s all good fun in the name of pipe science, but there ain’t any of it new.
If any of you weirdos are using homemade spermaceti oil on your meers I don't want to know about it.
Why do you hate science?
And tell me you’ve never sat around in the lonely hours, staring at an empty 100g tin of Oriental #14? That’s a handsome whale right there.
Ok, fine, I won't tell you about it then!
Lots of guys aren’t comfortable talking about their emotions.
I will try this experiment, also! What insurance company should I get to insure my meers in case of cracking due to this experiment?!?!
I've got 2 Altinok meerschaums and think I'll pass on building a cake until I get more info and see some results.
Insurance? Where we're going we don't need Insurance.I will try this experiment, also! What insurance company should I get to insure my meers in case of cracking due to this experiment?!?!
We just destroy pipes for amusement.
I'll probably also be using my Kenan skull and Yanik nude just to bring some large pipes into it.
We are in the last frontier! A lawless territory.
That's why I've gone with my most expensive meerschaum for the trial. If you're going to do something, go all out!We are in the last frontier! A lawless territory.
I think I'll try building a cake in one of my Falcon meerschaum bowls and see what happens.
All I know about meerschaum pipes I learned from a man who was the top seller for CAO in the world during the 1990s, from his little shop in Springfield.
He must have been the long lost brother of country star Charlie Rich. Women lined up to buy his meerschaum pipes, hoping their men might look like him, if they did, I guess.
He said meerschaum pipes don’t color from the inside out.
Instead the wax traps the color, and they color from the outside in.
Makes sense to me, I guess.
I didn’t want to argue with a man who looked that much like Charlie Rich, anyhow.
He must have been the long lost brother of country star Charlie Rich. Women lined up to buy his meerschaum pipes, hoping their men might look like him, if they did, I guess.
He said meerschaum pipes don’t color from the inside out.
Instead the wax traps the color, and they color from the outside in.
Makes sense to me, I guess.
I didn’t want to argue with a man who looked that much like Charlie Rich, anyhow.
Even the waxless ones color. The carvers will even tell you that the primary purpose of the wax is to protect the soft meerschaum from blemishes.