Does anyone have any experience with the Black Meerschaum Brand? They seem to have a good deal going on right now. Interesting fittings in they use briar at the mortise.
Black Meerschaum Brand
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I searched for it earlier and it appears to be deleted for some reason.
Personally no. No advertisement, but Bremen Pipe Smoker (Mark) has done an video on YouTube about their pipes with the proprietor of Black Meerschaum.
They don't list chamber size, on the pipes I looked at. Plus I don't see the point of having a briar mortise (called a "tenon" on the site). I'd guess they make a quite smokeable pipe, but I didn't see anything that appealed to my pipesmokerly esthetic sense. But the goat is interesting. And different. Hmm...
Their pipes look nice and the price is right? But I have no clue how good they are. If someone could give a testimonial I would consider buying from them, they seem to use vulcanite for some stems too which is interesting?
I never heard of them, and I wondered if it was a brand that specialized in some sort of black-colored Meerschaum, but I see, no. I'm not in the market, but I'd be interested in seeing informed comment or a review on them.
I say more tobacco. It runs out. And pipes are most enjoyed by being smoked. If you have too many pipes you can't smoke the ones you have as much. It's like wives. One or two is a fun time but 10 or 15 and you'll risk forgetting one in a draw for a few years.
Complete speculation re: the briar tenon or mortise (I’m guessing the latter?) might be a way of fitting the stem more like a briar pipe without resorting to the Delrin connector? No idea if that’s true but it seems like a reason to do it.
I plan on trying a Black Meerschaum brand pipe soon. If I get any results I'll be sure to pist them. I've been having very wet smokes out if a few of my more bargain priced meers so if your new to Meerschaum price does typically matter. IMP, SMS or MKM have all been very solid pipes. You smoke the wettest aromatics you can find in a big reverse Calabash IMP and cannot even get the bottom of the bowl wet after repeat smoking. Now my skinny Star Meerschaum smokes extremely wet and hot. It may go on the chopping block very soon. I have another star I am pleased with but it still smokes hot.
That's a beauty. I find IMP probably have the best draft and drilling. MKM and anything meerschaum market carries is great too. SMS, Yanik, Atinay are sweet too. I'm about done experimenting with meerschaum though. I've come to the consensus the bigger the pipe, the better the smoke to me. I like them dry and no gurgle. Big reverse calabashes or big classical shapes offer this typically.
Here's what a guy told me regarding the brand black meerschaum
"I most certainly would recommend it. I have three meerschaum pipes at present, the other two IMP brand. I would absolutely say the quality of Meerschaum is identical between the two, and that is one of the most important pieces to me. I would say the fit and finish up this pipe ranks below those, but it was also significantly less expensive brand new. Personally, I think it’s a good trade off."
"I most certainly would recommend it. I have three meerschaum pipes at present, the other two IMP brand. I would absolutely say the quality of Meerschaum is identical between the two, and that is one of the most important pieces to me. I would say the fit and finish up this pipe ranks below those, but it was also significantly less expensive brand new. Personally, I think it’s a good trade off."
I see one significant issue in having a briar mortise insert. The bonus of a delrin or nylon insert is that moisture during smoking causes no swelling in the insert and the stems on those can be removed at any time. The briar inserts may swell and cause difficulties removing the stem causing stress on the meerschaum.
I didn't even think of that. But also meerschaum doesn't like moving after it's cured. I wonder if there is a small concern of that briar ring ever blowing the shank up or cracking it?