Coloring Progress Over Time/No of Bowls in one Meerschaum Pipe
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No idea, Astas posted that to show how calcining is done.
Almost three months and 70-80 bowls later the progress is minimal if any.
Currently it has been smoked 409 times, and will have its one year anniversary later this month.
It now weighs 50 grams, (2 grams less than when I started weighing, but I remember that it weighed 50 or 51 gram even during my last update which I failed to record)
Currently it has been smoked 409 times, and will have its one year anniversary later this month.
It now weighs 50 grams, (2 grams less than when I started weighing, but I remember that it weighed 50 or 51 gram even during my last update which I failed to record)
Very nice. It's definitely colored a lot more, a lot faster than my translucent Altinay.
It went through a thorough clean before I took the pics. What you see is not dirt but color starting as black. It started the same way at the bottom, but then became brown.
It’s that or the dirt is below the surface and could not be cleaned by hot water and and a soft cloth.
The oil is a new coat of wax I applied for the first time, as washing and handling had made it a little dull.
It is long overdue for an update. Last time I updated was around 350 bowls. Now it is 498 and will hit 500 in a couple of days.
I have also been extremely lazy on this. I will try to do this next week.
The major change since last update - The sides has turned to a extremely faint coffee color, the bottom of the bowl is slightly more amber hue and the shank is about same or even may have lightened a little.
That also gives me some reluctance to photograph- It was coloring so fast for the first couple of hundred of bowls (0-200) , and now it hardly changed over 150 bowls. (350-500)
I photograph it in sunlight to show the true colors not distorted by the color cast of ambient lighting. However I just took a picture as I am smoking it
Nit-pick: All lighting has a color cast. Some controlled lighting is designed to minimize it- not noticeable at all the the casual/normal viewer. And there aren't too many casual viewers of meers!
Your photos are very appreciated.
Yeah, I know that overcast, is a great way to get pictures of meer coloring. However, I can't make it overcast anytime I want a good picture. So I need to find a better way....
One way is to place a white calling or business card in the frame. Then you adjust the white balance with now quite a number of computer photo applications.
I photograph it with a white background. However, the moment I go to a photo editor - The difference between reality and surreal becomes a blur to me
Surprisingly, my standard billiard altinay is coloring in this exact same spot. I always expected it to color on the actual shank (getting the golden band midway through) but surprisingly its coloring right where the shank meets the bowl just like yours.