First “Estate” and Meer

[Akoni808]

Aloha,

I recently bought this “estate” block meerschaum pipe from SP for $60. This is not only my first estate pipe but my first meerschaum. I was wondering how I would go about disinfecting this (mainly the stummel portion, the stem seems straight forward).

 

[Chasing Embers]

I was wondering how I would go about disinfecting this (mainly the stummel portion

Already been done by SPC

 

[TheIronMonkey]

It's my understanding SP cleans all of their estates—I've mostly bought new from them, but, the estates I have gotten were ready to go upon arrival.

 

[Akoni808]

Thanks. Guess I’ll smoke on then

 

[mikethompson]

Call me crazy, but I clean all my estates when I get them, no matter how clean they look.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Call me crazy, but I clean all my estates when I get them, no matter how clean they look.

SPC has an entire team for cleaning up and sanitizing pipes. If their denatured alcohol doesn't kill it, nothing will.

 

[Akoni808]

SPC has an entire team for cleaning up and sanitizing pipes. If their denatured alcohol doesn't kill it, nothing will.

hopefully it doesn’t kill me!

 

[Chasing Embers]

hopefully it doesn’t kill me!

They've cleaned their estates with it for years. Haven't heard of any casualties.

 

[Akoni808]

Update: It’s smoking great. Thanks for the help.

 

[mikethompson]

They've cleaned their estates with it for years. Haven't heard of any casualties.

That's because the casualties die before they can complain!

 

[Akoni808]

That's because the casualties die before they can complain!

Almost finished with the first bowl. I haven’t died yet… I’ll keep you updated. I did deeper clean of the stem to remove some extra gunk though…

 

[K.E. Powell]

I also just got my first two estates, with one being technically my first "handmade" pipe. A JM Boswell oom paul and a Stanwell bent acorn with a zebrawood insert. I got them from SP. Not going to lie: I knew they cleaned them, but I had every intention of cleaning them myself when I got them because I didn't think they would be thorough. I was wrong. Both pipes are roughly two decades old, give or take, and they were cleaned to a sheen. Smoked sweet, and the price was very nice. I will be getting more estates in the future.

I don't have a pic of the Stanwell, but here is a pic of me with the Boswell. This has become my "house" pipe. Sorry for the bad quality, but I ain't a photobug.

 

[Akoni808]

I also just got my first two estates, with one being technically my first "handmade" pipe. A JM Boswell oom paul and a Stanwell bent acorn with a zebrawood insert. I got them from SP. Not going to lie: I knew they cleaned them, but I had every intention of cleaning them myself when I got them because I didn't think they would be thorough. I was wrong. Both pipes are roughly two decades old, give or take, and they were cleaned to a sheen. Smoked sweet, and the price was very nice. I will be getting more estates in the future.

I don't have a pic of the Stanwell, but here is a pic of me with the Boswell. This has become my "house" pipe. Sorry for the bad quality, but I ain't a photobug.

Looks great! I was very pleased with the thorough cleaning on mine as well. There was a little gunk in the stem, but it was really minor.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Not going to lie: I knew they cleaned them, but I had every intention of cleaning them myself when I got them because I didn't think they would be thorough. I was wrong.

They use denatured alcohol with a retort and use alcohol soaked cotton swabs on stubborn carbon and for the rims they use hand sanitizer gel. They're very thorough with their estate cleaning.