Coloring a Mearshaum

[fred]

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[pipmannen]

Yesterday I tried to wax one of my estate meerschaums like explained here. It seemed to have been smoked a lot when I got it, and was covered with leather, although the color was almost completely white, except for the stem. After I finished waxing is it turned out like this, it now have a rather uneven coloring, is this common?

 

[mlaug]

Looks completely normal. Nice pipe!