just bought this beautiful aonian calabash cream colored meerschaum insert not heavily caked with silver shank ring & heavy volcanite stem
- scraped off some of the rough cake to smooth-
the stem is a nice heavy volcanite i can clean with pipe cleaner & iso 99 alcohol or bacardi 150.
question is the deep curve of the shank - removed the insert & a tapered cleaner passes thru the shank from the stem end into the bowl (with the meerschaum insert removed) so i see the cleaner actually rise into the chamber so it is a nice clear airway.
can i use the isopropyl 99 alcohol or bacardi 150 is this regular briar ?? -
the bottom of the chamber as it approaches the air hole is very rough so not sure what the shank material might be or just briar to be treated like any briar pipe for cleaning ( after removing the meerschaum insert )
thanks for help
- scraped off some of the rough cake to smooth-
the stem is a nice heavy volcanite i can clean with pipe cleaner & iso 99 alcohol or bacardi 150.
question is the deep curve of the shank - removed the insert & a tapered cleaner passes thru the shank from the stem end into the bowl (with the meerschaum insert removed) so i see the cleaner actually rise into the chamber so it is a nice clear airway.
can i use the isopropyl 99 alcohol or bacardi 150 is this regular briar ?? -
the bottom of the chamber as it approaches the air hole is very rough so not sure what the shank material might be or just briar to be treated like any briar pipe for cleaning ( after removing the meerschaum insert )
thanks for help