Meerschaum Already Colored but Unsmoked
- Thread starter Gavrin
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I don't mind helping newbies. Sometimes reading Google gives you a lot of conflicting information. There's a lot of BS out there. We've got the straight skinny over here.
Yes, as far as new pipes, everything you see is Turkish (the African mines are closed) and nearly all is block. Pressed or chip meerschaum is really only used any more for cheap mini pipes and for calabash bowl inserts, though some of the latter are again being produced in block (any calabash bowls you see that are carved are likely to be block). Some makers use unbleached beeswax, which colors the pipe an even, all-over golden yellow; these will "color" like a normal meerschaum. A few, such as Sadik Yanik, also make some pipes with dark red-colored wax. Any of the major meerschaum pipe websites will sell good pipes, and many eBay and Etsy sellers have good work too; Yanik's main sales are via eBay.
Yes, as far as new pipes, everything you see is Turkish (the African mines are closed) and nearly all is block. Pressed or chip meerschaum is really only used any more for cheap mini pipes and for calabash bowl inserts, though some of the latter are again being produced in block (any calabash bowls you see that are carved are likely to be block). Some makers use unbleached beeswax, which colors the pipe an even, all-over golden yellow; these will "color" like a normal meerschaum. A few, such as Sadik Yanik, also make some pipes with dark red-colored wax. Any of the major meerschaum pipe websites will sell good pipes, and many eBay and Etsy sellers have good work too; Yanik's main sales are via eBay.
Info garnered here is more reliable than YouTube or Google ?Have you not notice the huge influx of newby using New Threads like Google search?
They're all *here* doing their research.
...this. Thanks to all the knowledgeable gents that took the time to reply in this thread!
LOL Are you implying Google and the information on this forum are mutually exclusive?
No, just that even Pipedia or Pipephil often fall short compared to members like @jguss and @sablebrush52
The collective knowledge of the members here is nothing short of amazing.
Also the snippets of information on Charatan and Upshall imparted by the late Ken Barnes are gold. I would say impossible to find outside of the Forums.
@BROBS : OK. I know I am going to regret this but what does MOC stand for ?
@BROBS What about clay pipes that self identify as Dunhill root briars? Have you considered that dilemma?
Ah, I see now from your line of thinking my OP was probably too much implicit rather than being explicit with what I meant. I don't disagree there, as a matter of fact, I agree wholeheartedly. But those also aren't the thread I'm talking about either.
that Meer. ?
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This post mentions a book “tobaccoland” p 416. A google search makes it appear in the public domain. It has fairly comprehensive directions in two pages for dying a meer.The Barling meerschaum pipes were stained with a wonderful mix of two colors , one I do not recall and the other being ox blood red. The stain was then burned in with an alcohol lamp.
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I kick myself for accidentily not saving the article
ingredients listed include:
- Analine dyes
- Ox blood
- Sudan brown
