Is This Real Cumberland, or Acrylic?

[gervais]

Hey all. These are Ser Jacopo pipes you see here. Do you guys think that they are actual Cumberland? To my knowledge, I thought Ser Jacopo only uses Acrylic, but these look like genuine vulcanite. Opinions welcome!

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Cumberland is actually a Dunhill marketing term, but I know what you mean. Yes, they look like brindled vulcanite. But, acrylics have gotten pretty good at making a brindled acrylic as well. How do they feel to your teeth? is it soft like vulcanite?

 

[gervais]

Cumberland is actually a Dunhill marketing term, but I know what you mean. Yes, they look like brindled vulcanite. But, acrylics have gotten pretty good at making a brindled acrylic as well. How do they feel to your teeth? is it soft like vulcanite?

Honestly Cosmic, funny enough they both feel the same to me if I base it on mouth/teeth feel. Both Acrylic and Ebonite. Either way it makes no difference to me what it is, but I am curious none the less

 

[gervais]

I have just never seen A ser jacopo pipe without an acrylic stem on it. And I browse ALOT of pipes. Lol

 

[sasquatch]

Those are both vulcanite based swirl (cumberland, yes), rather than acrylic. 100% certainty. The acrylic never, ever looks like that, it's always more sort of mottled than streaky, glassy looking.

Acrylic "Cumberland":

 

[cosmicfolklore]

they both feel the same to me if I base it on mouth/teeth feel

Then, it doesn't really matter. But, I will bet it's vulcanite.

 

[gervais]

Those are both vulcanite based swirl (cumberland, yes), rather than acrylic. 100% certainty. The acrylic never, ever looks like that, it's always more sort of mottled than streaky, glassy looking.

Acrylic "Cumberland":

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Thank you Sasquatch. I appreciate your expertise my friend.

 

[gervais]

Then, it doesn't really matter. But, I will bet it's vulcanite.

Thanks Cosmic. Vulcanite it will be then!