Can Meerchaum be green?

[AreBee]

No, I don’t think so.

I picked up this pipe at an antique mall for $10. It is definitely stone and its weight is pretty consistent with Meerschaum. The green color doesn’t seem to be painted on and appears to be part of the stone. The chamber has a metal insert (tin maybe) and a metal shank for the acrylic stem to attach to. Whatever it is, I just thought it was funky and I’ve never seen anything like it.

 

[TheIronMonkey]

No, I don’t think so.

I picked up this pipe at an antique mall for $10. It is definitely stone and its weight is pretty consistent with Meerschaum. The green color doesn’t seem to be painted on and appears to be part of the stone. The chamber has a metal insert (tin maybe) and a metal shank for the acrylic stem to attach to. Whatever it is, I just thought it was funky and I’ve never seen anything like it.

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It can:

Coloring of yellow meers :: Meerschaum Pipes

Loving the brown and yellow meer finishes when new. It had me thinking I’m not sure I have seen these same pipes with good coloring. Does anyone have examples? Perhaps a before and after?

pipesmagazine.com

Congratulations! Pretty rare to see. Yours is the first that I’ve seen.

 

[Chasing Embers]

It can be shades of pink, blue, and green.

 

[Bbailey324]

A rare find indeed.

Pure Green

 

[Searock Fan]

I've seen these before. The green color is to show the smoker what he can expect to look like after the first smoke.

 

[dottlejockey]

Interesting find!

 

[TheIronMonkey]

No, I don’t think so.

I picked up this pipe at an antique mall for $10. It is definitely stone and its weight is pretty consistent with Meerschaum. The green color doesn’t seem to be painted on and appears to be part of the stone. The chamber has a metal insert (tin maybe) and a metal shank for the acrylic stem to attach to. Whatever it is, I just thought it was funky and I’ve never seen anything like it.

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I was bummed and excited to read in another thread that you discovered this was a Feather Rock pipe made by Venturi, makers of The Pipe—bummed that your pipe isn’t green Meerschaum, but excited that there’s a different Venturi pipe for me to hunt down.

 

[AreBee]

I was bummed and excited to read in another thread that you discovered this was a Feather Rock pipe made by Venturi, makers of The Pipe—bummed that your pipe isn’t green Meerschaum, but excited that there’s a different Venturi pipe for me to hunt down.

Yeah, I posted in the wrong thread. I was giving blood while posting, so I’m gonna plead temporary insanity!

Here is the post from that thread.

It turns out that it is not Meerschaum. It’s a “The Pipe” Feather Rock by Venturi. Made in the early ‘70s. Someone on Reddit identified it. I can’t believe it’s resin as it feels just like stone. The bowl liner is made from pyrolytic graphite. Really interesting story behind it.

More info here:

Valuing Pipes by Venturi Billie W. Taylor II, Ph.D. Pipe Collector

thepipe.info

 

[bpinkstaff]

Yeah, I posted in the wrong thread. I was giving blood while posting, so I’m gonna plead temporary insanity!

Here is the post from that thread.

It turns out that it is not Meerschaum. It’s a “The Pipe” Feather Rock by Venturi. Made in the early ‘70s. Someone on Reddit identified it. I can’t believe it’s resin as it feels just like stone. The bowl liner is made from pyrolytic graphite. Really interesting story behind it.

More info here:

Valuing Pipes by Venturi Billie W. Taylor II, Ph.D. Pipe Collector

thepipe.info

Very interesting

 

[BooksBassBriars]

Super interesting.