Briar Calabash Replacement Bowls ?

[ohfatty]

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I am surprised someone has not made inexpensive wooden replacement bowls for "Sherlock Holmes" style calabash pipes. While certainly not the best alternative, I am sure many broken meer bowls are not replaced due to the cost. Seems, all you need is a lathe and a hunk of briar and off you go. Am I wrong?

 

[Chasing Embers]

I am surprised someone has not made inexpensive wooden replacement bowls for "Sherlock Holmes" style calabash pipes. While certainly not the best alternative, I am sure many broken meer bowls are not replaced due to the cost. Seems, all you need is a lathe and a hunk of briar and off you go. Am I wrong?

I see two locations right now with replacement bowls from $34 to $40.

 

[ohfatty]

Exactly ! Where are the $12 to $15 replacement bowls ? Obviously not for purists, but an option, for someone, that $40 has several more urgent destinations.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Exactly ! Where are the $12 to $15 replacement bowls ? Obviously not for purists, but an option, for someone, that $40 has several more urgent destinations.

So someone that spent $200+ for a calabash is going to fret over a $40 bowl?? Even good briar blocks would cost that and briar isn't absorbent so it would be defeating the purpose of the meer bowl to begin with. I have seen morta calabash pipes with briar bowls though but I doubt their smoking characteristics mirror the genuine article.

 

[Dio]

Briar bows are not a bad idea. Although meer bows are not that expensive.