My Volkan morta arrived today and a thing of beauty it is too, although it's actually technically my 3rd morta pipe.
What happened was last year I saw the Rattrays 2000 bog oak range and decided to get one as I'd always wanted a morta and the Rattrays were great looking, a fair price and they took a 9mm filter.
So I picked out one I liked and when it arrived it was indeed a handsome pipe, the only fly in the ointment was after 4 bowls I noticed 3 hairline cracks on the inside of the bowl. I had nursed it when smoking and I never let it get hot so I knew it was unlikely to be my fault.
I rang the shop and they asked if I wanted a refund or another pipe, thinking it was a one off I duly chose another shape and waited for it to arrive.
Long story short the exact same thing happened again, I rang the shop back up and they told me that many of the batch they'd been selling had been returned with the same problem ie hairline cracks.
I assume maybe the morta wasn't dried correctly or something and I got a refund.
Anyway fast forward 12 months and I saw this Volkan and decided to put a bid in, luckily no one else fancied the pipe so I got it for a bargain £57 with free delivery.
I'll go very easy on it for the first 10-15 bowls (as I do with any new pipe) and hopefully my bad luck with mortas will be over.
Here are some pictures, the first one is taken by me (which explains why it's rubbish) but the others are the photos from ebay and do it far more justice.
Chris.
What happened was last year I saw the Rattrays 2000 bog oak range and decided to get one as I'd always wanted a morta and the Rattrays were great looking, a fair price and they took a 9mm filter.
So I picked out one I liked and when it arrived it was indeed a handsome pipe, the only fly in the ointment was after 4 bowls I noticed 3 hairline cracks on the inside of the bowl. I had nursed it when smoking and I never let it get hot so I knew it was unlikely to be my fault.
I rang the shop and they asked if I wanted a refund or another pipe, thinking it was a one off I duly chose another shape and waited for it to arrive.
Long story short the exact same thing happened again, I rang the shop back up and they told me that many of the batch they'd been selling had been returned with the same problem ie hairline cracks.
I assume maybe the morta wasn't dried correctly or something and I got a refund.
Anyway fast forward 12 months and I saw this Volkan and decided to put a bid in, luckily no one else fancied the pipe so I got it for a bargain £57 with free delivery.
I'll go very easy on it for the first 10-15 bowls (as I do with any new pipe) and hopefully my bad luck with mortas will be over.
Here are some pictures, the first one is taken by me (which explains why it's rubbish) but the others are the photos from ebay and do it far more justice.
Chris.