I have my eye on this for my first meerschaum. What do you guys recommend? Anything to look for or avoid? How is this brand’s reputationMy First Meerschaum
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I have my eye on this for my first meerschaum. What do you guys recommend? Anything to look for or avoid? How is this brand’s reputation
I don't remember if AKB makes false spigots but I know they make at least some true spigots; if that particular stem mount is important to you you might want to double check before you buy. The description doesn't explicitly mention a spigot anywhere as far as I can see.
Not mentioned in the full description either but I see they're still running with the "immune to ghosting" myth.
My first meerschaum was an AKB and even after buying a few more since I still like and use the AKB regularly. If you like the style based on my experience I would say go for it
Can you explain a bit. Sorry I’m not up on all the mount styles and terminology. What does false spigot mean.
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It may have a regular tenon and the silver is only decorative.
I've always been a fan of the basket weave. That looks like a fine first meerschaum pipe.
For what’s it’s worth I have both true spigot and false spigot meerschaums, and I prefer the false spigot. It seems like it’s a more secure connection although I don’t notice much difference in how they smoke.
For reference - true spigot on left, false spigot on right:
See the post by @MikeDub above showing true vs. false spigots. Generally the benefit of a true spigot is you can take the stem out of the pipe when it's still hot without compromising the mortise/tenon, but in practice I rarely have need to do so. Still, if you were dead set on a true spigot and got a false you'd probably be disappointed.
They must know better, that's scandalous. They even sell Cannon Plug, which would ghost the very vacuum of space if it had a chance.
If like more modern meerschaums it has a delrin sleeve instead of a screw in mortise, the stem could be removed at any time. Considering its meerschaum instead of briar, there's no swelling from the heat and moisture of smoking anyway.
Can you give a visual example of a delrin sleeve and a screw in mortise for us who don't know the difference?
Glued in delrin sleeve and standard tenon.
Screw in mortise and tenon.
Screw in mortise insert with cap broken off.
