I just wait for jmpcwjr to post that my exposure is too high, and my background is all wrong. 
How to Avoid Bad Coloration?
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That's what happens after many smokes and what is sought after from meerschaum enthusiasts.
So far, that one isn't showing much internal coloring yet, likely due to the thickness of the material. That one is mostly just showing discoloration from being heated and handled.
I believe the pipe in the second pic (which looks great) belongs to @hoosierpipeguy.
Maybe hoosier would like comment on how he's getting his to color so nice...or perhaps he's doing nothing special and just smoking it.
Maybe hoosier would like comment on how he's getting his to color so nice...or perhaps he's doing nothing special and just smoking it.
A big welcome to the PM monthly discussion about meerschaum coloring. This month we are offering a 15 lb block of bees wax to the most original wives tale on pipe coloring. Without further ado the floor is now open to all.....
My goal is to get all my Meerschaums to look like the very first picture. That's why I buy em, that's why I smoke em.
@UrsaMinor Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. LOL ;-)
I figure im not going to live to be a 150 years old so the meers l have can color how and when they want too. They are good smokers, thats the plus for me.
Not guna lie, that first picture was downloaded into my "pipes that arent mine" file. Beautiful!
And yes I actually have a folder of pictures of meers like that.
And yes I actually have a folder of pictures of meers like that.
Thirty some odd years ago, a silver haired handsome man who was a dead ringer for the country music star Charlie Rich had a huge CAO Beckler carved meerschaum out on display on a sort of glass island for the endless stream of ladies who visited his pipe shop next to a popular beauty shop, across the road from Battlefield Mall in Springfield, Missouri.
The colors subtly transited from the rich reddish brown hue of the stem to a shade of tan on the lattice work near the top. There were even sections with rainbow colors on close examination.
This one looks close.
It was the owner’s personal pipe, which he smoked aromatic tobaccos that filled the shop with a glorious aroma.
He’d sell you one much like it the same size for a thousand dollars, which were arranged on the top shelf behind him.
But for a third of that amount the lady could buy a smaller version her escort could carry around with them, but of equal grade and quality meerschaum.
The owner would explain that his pipes were like the fine diamond on her finger.
The grade and quality can only be determined by price and the reputation of the seller.
If he ever missed a sale of a three hundred some dollar fine meerschaum, I wasn’t there to see it.
Of course, him looking like Charlie Rich didn’t hurt sales at all, you know?
I agree but there also seems to be some lava on the top of the hat, and the shank looks darker than the rest of the pipe. Tinted wax + some use maybe?
Oxblood stain
That one's just got cake and some burned wax on the rim but definitely precolored.
Similar to this one.
The Charlie Rich pipe seller feller only sold CAO white meerschaums, mostly Beckler carved, and claimed the head of CAO brought Bekler to visit his shop in Springfield. He had photographs of the visit displayed. He also said he was the top seller of CAO meerschaums in the world, which wasn’t hard to believe at all.
Beckler could have pre colored his personal pipe, but the ones for sale were all white.
And like a good jeweler, the sale of each meerschaum came with a lifetime guarantee of inspection. Bring the pipe to him and he’d replace the nylon joint free, if needed.
His pipe was a huge squat tomato shaped sitter, that showcased lattice and floral and little gargoyles and smooth carving.
It was intended to be smoked at home.
I asked if he ever sold any thousand dollar grades, and he replied to the men coming in with the pipes their wives gave them to be inspected, but not many.
Beckler could have pre colored his personal pipe, but the ones for sale were all white.
And like a good jeweler, the sale of each meerschaum came with a lifetime guarantee of inspection. Bring the pipe to him and he’d replace the nylon joint free, if needed.
His pipe was a huge squat tomato shaped sitter, that showcased lattice and floral and little gargoyles and smooth carving.
It was intended to be smoked at home.
I asked if he ever sold any thousand dollar grades, and he replied to the men coming in with the pipes their wives gave them to be inspected, but not many.
Ive never heard of the absorption scale. Could you elaborate?
Also Im aware that you could be joking and purposely confusing some people...like me. Ha But I am also hoping that the absorption scale is a real thing.
That kind of what I figured; still funny though.
Ur just upset your Altinay isn't a 5 on the absorption scale!
