March Meerschaum Madness - Let the Madness Begin!

[condorlover1]

So you don't always pry them out of the caskets then!

You know how this all started right? I used to smoke Pollock clays like my Uncles until my dentist asked how was life in the 1850s since I had pipe notches in my teeth. Back in the mid 1980s you could buy a meerschaum 'cutty' pipe in an antique flea market for less than Five Pounds whilst the very ornate carved jobs went for anything north of £70. Since they looked like what I had been smoking since I was 15 years old but without a clay stem I thought that will do nicely and one thing led to another. Grave robbery was never my thing but I could tell you a few wild stories about a few of London's ancient cemeteries.

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

Apparently I’ll need one of these if I decide to use my new Meer!!

 

[didimauw]

You know how this all started right? I used to smoke Pollock clays like my Uncles until my dentist asked how was life in the 1850s since I had pipe notches in my teeth. Back in the mid 1980s you could buy a meerschaum 'cutty' pipe in an antique flea market for less than Five Pounds whilst the very ornate carved jobs went for anything north of £70. Since they looked like what I had been smoking since I was 15 years old but without a clay stem I thought that will do nicely and one thing led to another. Grave robbery was never my thing but I could tell you a few wild stories about a few of London's ancient cemeteries.

I'm eagerly awaiting for your thread about these stories. They would go good for March meerschaum madness! I could never get into clays, but they sound fun if you don't burn your hands! Lol

 

[hyperstar]

Got these 2 pipes from Agovem on Mar 01. Been smoking them all day since 02.(I had a day-off.)

I love the smoking experience from the tomato shape pipe. The Lattice has a small contact area that keeps your hand from feeling the heat, and it won't absorb too much moisture from your hand, so that your hand don't feel sticky while smoking.

The poker is a reverse pipe. Google says it means that you have an extra chamber in the shank, that provides you a cool and dry smoke. But, I am not getting it. I think the regular meerschaum pipe already provides cool and dry smoke.

 

[brian64]

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Got these 2 pipes from Agovem on Mar 01. Been smoking them all day since 02.(I had a day-off.)

I love the smoking experience from the tomato shape pipe. The Lattice has a small contact area that keeps your hand from feeling the heat, and it won't absorb too much moisture from your hand, so that your hand don't feel sticky while smoking.

The poker is a reverse pipe. Google says it means that you have an extra chamber in the shank, that provides you a cool and dry smoke. But, I am not getting it. I think the regular meerschaum pipe already provides cool and dry smoke.

Those are both very nice! Congrats...enjoy.

 

[yanoJL]

This Altinay makes me ridiculously happy. I ordered this pipe in December and somehow it was at my door (in California) within a week. The stem and shank (mortise/tenon) fit together so smoothly! And it's so lightweight and to clench. Already starting to show some nice color too.

 

[brian64]

MarMeerMad won't really get fully kicked off until @olkofri brings out his Dino Meer!

 

[brian64]

This Altinay makes me ridiculously happy. I ordered this pipe in December and somehow it was at my door (in California) within a week. The stem and shank (mortise/tenon) fit together so smoothly! And it's so lightweight and to clench. Already starting to show some nice color too.

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Nice choice! Altinays are great meers.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Currently on smoke 117 in the owl but just had to get this big one out just to look at.

 

[Chasing Embers]

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I keep it simple.

 

[didimauw]

This Altinay makes me ridiculously happy. I ordered this pipe in December and somehow it was at my door (in California) within a week. The stem and shank (mortise/tenon) fit together so smoothly! And it's so lightweight and to clench. Already starting to show some nice color too.

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My SMS apple is about the same size as yours. It's my favorite pipe to-date, but I prefer the fit and finish of my Altinay. I'll have to keep my eye open for one of their apples!

 

[didimauw]

I keep it simple.

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Lives in the back of my fieldnotes holder/wallet.

 

[Said.ALTINAY]

This Altinay makes me ridiculously happy. I ordered this pipe in December and somehow it was at my door (in California) within a week. The stem and shank (mortise/tenon) fit together so smoothly! And it's so lightweight and to clench. Already starting to show some nice color too.

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Glad to hear that. Enjoy the meerschaum month with your new meer!

 

[yanoJL]

My SMS apple is about the same size as yours. It's my favorite pipe to-date, but I prefer the fit and finish of my Altinay. I'll have to keep my eye open for one of their apples!

I actually decided on the Altinay because you (and a few others) spoke of them so highly in another thread.

You did not steer me wrong!
Thank you

 

[didimauw]

I actually decided on the Altinay because you (and a few others) spoke of them so highly in another thread.

You did not steer me wrong!
Thank you

I know the prices of meers have gone up, even in the last year, but Altinay have many "affordable" options compared to many others these days!

 

[olkofri]

MarMeerMad won't really get fully kicked off until @olkofri brings out his Dino Meer!

 

[keith929]

@keith929: Just asking. I once stayed in a resort near Tampa for the night before driving up to NY about two years ago. My wife being someone who will not be donating her brain to medical science booked us into a 'Naturist Colony'. I was talking early the next morning with the chap in the next bungalow about something or other and the view was just like your picture from the neck down. I was somewhat taken aback when he stood in full 'Gods Underwear' or as we would say in the old country 'I couldn't Adam and Eve it'. The picture reminded me of that moment, not for one moment am I suggesting you would be running around in the flesh! As an after thought what is that interest thing around you neck if you will pardon my curiosity!

That thing around my neck is my birth sign(Libra).

 

[brian64]

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Is that supposed to be Klaus Schwab and his Supreme Reptilian Overlord?

 

[keith929]

Next up for Meerschaum March is this Bekler.

 

[olkofri]

Is that supposed to be Klaus Schwab and his Supreme Reptilian Overlord?

Hell, no! Genghis Rex is actually funny.

Ok, ok, I'll indulge ye: