Medico Meerschaum Any Info?

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Just got this bad boy off eBay for 30 shipped. It’s a bulldog with a 14k gold band.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Not a bulldog fan by any means, but that's a great find! Had no idea Medico ever made a meerschaum. I'd send that one to Briarville and let them work their magic.

 

[username]

Not a bulldog fan by any means, but that's a great find! Had no idea Medico ever made a meerschaum. I'd send that one to Briarville and let them work their magic.

Was planning to as I got claw meer that needs a new stem. Been smoking it tonight after a light cleaning. It didn’t need much to make it smokeable just some pipe cleaners down the stem and shank. The bowl was pretty clean. I assume the prior owner wiped the bowl out after every smoke.

 

[weezell]

Nice snag Bro! Did it have a case with it???...

 

[username]

Nice snag Bro! Did it have a case with it???...

Unfortunately no.

 

[Country Bladesmith]

Sweet! ?

 

[weezell]

Unfortunately no.

Still a GREAT pipe! A case does not make the pipe! Smoke the piss out of it Brother...

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

Cool pipe!

 

[coyja]

I really have to be careful about reading too many threads on this website.
Nabbed this at a still alright price of $50. Also 14k gold banded, filtered, and a nice amount of coloring. No box.
Some light surface crackling, but it seems more part of the meerschaum than damage, we'll see when she gets here. Gonna have to learn how to properly clean and sterilize one of these bad boys now.

 

[Es0teric]

These Medico meerschaums are amazing smokers. I have 2, an apple and a billiard. They are hands down my most cherished pipes that I own & smoke.

I am always trying to find more of them to purchase and smoke but they are quite rare.

 

[FLDRD]

Looks like better bargains than I generally see online there ... good job.

 

[anotherbob]

think it's african meer? It looks like it too me. But I don't know.

 

[Es0teric]

think it's african meer? It looks like it too me. But I don't know.

All I know is the Medico meerschaums were carved in Austria....no idea about the source of the meerschaum itself.

 

[kcghost]

African meers are always of pressed meerschaum, Not totally sure from the picture that this is pressed meerschaum but if I had to hazard a guess I would say so.

 

[anotherbob]

African meers are always of pressed meerschaum, Not totally sure from the picture that this is pressed meerschaum but if I had to hazard a guess I would say so.

it has that look to me. Pressed always looks slightly dingy.

 

[Es0teric]

The 2 Medico Meerschaums I own appear to me to be real block meerschaum. I have smoked Pressed meers and Block meers and there is a big difference and my Medicos smoke like Block. I will post a picture of them when I get home.

 

[Es0teric]

Also here is an old ad someone on another forum found about them.

 

[Es0teric]

Heres my lovely ladies.

 

[jhowell]

African meers are always of pressed meerschaum, Not totally sure from the picture that this is pressed meerschaum but if I had to hazard a guess I would say so.

That is simply not true. African meer shows up all the time marked block meerschaum. It is denser and slightly less porous than Turkish meer, but is also slightly more robust. Tanganyika meer, Amboseli basin meer - are all block. "Kiko - Pipedia - https://pipedia.org/wiki/Kiko": "Laxey Pipes Ltd. - Pipedia - https://pipedia.org/wiki/Laxey_Pipes_Ltd"; et al....

 

[jhowell]

it has that look to me. Pressed always looks slightly dingy.

African meer also looks slightly dingy. Due to not being as pure as Turkish meerschaum. Hence most have a fumed or calcified finish.