Can You Spot the Flaw?

[Duck]

What do you like about African vs Turkish meerschaum?

It's more resilient and easy to care for.

 

[Grangerous]

What do you like about African vs Turkish meerschaum?

It’s more like a stone than a foam. More substantial. It’s also a naturally mined as a creamy, tan color as opposed to chalky white. It’s denser and will take two lifetimes to color, so that’s actually nice and it’s a common practice to blacken the rims. Same great smoking characteristics. Just feels more solid.

 

[PipeIT]

I just Googled around for a few minutes, not long. The little I read said this Meerschaum came from Tanzania, and it’s no longer minded.

I couldn’t find any places selling African Meerschaum, is it still readily available or hard to come by?

 

[Duck]

I just Googled around for a few minutes, not long. The little I read said this Meerschaum came from Tanzania, and it’s no longer minded.

I couldn’t find any places selling African Meerschaum, is it still readily available or hard to come by?

You need to find estates or new old stock.

 

[solideogloria86]

Bingo! Not just off centre but coming out the side. I know that a bit off centre doesn't make much difference, but with that thing the hole would likely emerge on the outside of the pipe when you carved it.

I don't think that's the draught hole

 

[Duck]

I don't think that's the draught hole

Hard to be certain. The original that I sent was a phone screenshot, here's the pixel for pixel shot.

 

[solideogloria86]

Hard to be certain. The original that I sent was a phone screenshot, here's the pixel for pixel shot.View attachment 111029

It is hard to be sure.