New Arrival - They Are Proliferating Like Rabbits

[gord]

My new meer has arrived! $79.00 Canadian plus cheap shipping from Quetbec, 70 years old, unsmoked and with a case yet. Might be my best cheap pipe, eh? EBay so you know.

Here are three shots of the beauty. And an info request from meer smokers after the pictures.

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If you notice inside the bowl, there is a slight scuff mark. I plan to ignore it because I think that as I smoke it, a ghostly coating will cover it and all will be well, Let me know if I"m wrong; I often am. But understand I have NO mechanical or shop skills at all. A total moron in this regard. And do not wish to develop them.

A request for meer smokers. I plan to break this one in on Sunday Picnic, one of my favorite Orientals, and the one that I have the most of. Given the ghosting problem with meerschaum, would it be "permissible" to smoke a few other Orientals once in a while that have similar ingredients? Like other faves of mine, Amphora Rich, Britt's Balkan, and Steamworks, for instance. I'm thinking yes. I've biased my little miniature meer for cherry aromatics, my meer bowl for rum based aromatics, but I'd like to have this pipe biased for Orientals, my go-to smokes along with Navy blends.

Thanks for looking in.

 

[carp rides again]

Nice pipe sir, I'm under the opposite impression about meerschaum, that it notoriously doesn't ghost. Maybe im wrong

 

[gord]

Nice pipe sir, I'm under the opposite impression about meerschaum, that it notoriously doesn't ghost. Maybe im wrong

That would be welcome news indeed!!!!!! I've been wrong too many times, though, to count on it!!

 

[Chasing Embers]

that it notoriously doesn't ghost.

It's like a sponge, it soaks up everything.

 

[Chasing Embers]

A request for meer smokers. I plan to break this one in on Sunday Picnic, one of my favorite Orientals, and the one that I have the most of. Given the ghosting problem with meerschaum, would it be "permissible" to smoke a few other Orientals once in a while that have similar ingredients? Like other faves of mine, Amphora Rich, Britt's Balkan, and Steamworks, for instance. I'm thinking yes. I've biased my little miniature meer for cherry aromatics, my meer bowl for rum based aromatics, but I'd like to have this pipe biased for Orientals, my go-to smokes along with Navy blends.

Sounds like a plan.

 

[FurCoat]

It will ghost but you should be fine. I do my meers like briars in that I stick to a genre. To tell the truth, the only blends that I find ghost a pipe near permanently are CBG, Exotic Passion and English blends.

 

[didimauw]

My new meer has arrived! $79.00 Canadian plus cheap shipping from Quetbec, 70 years old, unsmoked and with a case yet. Might be my best cheap pipe, eh? EBay so you know.

Here are three shots of the beauty. And an info request from meer smokers after the pictures.

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If you notice inside the bowl, there is a slight scuff mark. I plan to ignore it because I think that as I smoke it, a ghostly coating will cover it and all will be well, Let me know if I"m wrong; I often am. But understand I have NO mechanical or shop skills at all. A total moron in this regard. And do not wish to develop them.

A request for meer smokers. I plan to break this one in on Sunday Picnic, one of my favorite Orientals, and the one that I have the most of. Given the ghosting problem with meerschaum, would it be "permissible" to smoke a few other Orientals once in a while that have similar ingredients? Like other faves of mine, Amphora Rich, Britt's Balkan, and Steamworks, for instance. I'm thinking yes. I've biased my little miniature meer for cherry aromatics, my meer bowl for rum based aromatics, but I'd like to have this pipe biased for Orientals, my go-to smokes along with Navy blends.

Thanks for looking in.

Love the pipe! I tend to keep "close" to the same genres of tobacco in my meers. But I stray sometimes and it doesn't bother me.

 

[kcghost]

Happy smoking with your new Meer!!

 

[OzPiper]

Nice pipe sir, I'm under the opposite impression about meerschaum, that it notoriously doesn't ghost. Maybe im wrong

Meerschaum WILL ghost.
The only pipe in my collection that DOES NOT ghost is my Royal Copenhagen porcelain.
And that is because you can easily get it back to bare walls with a moist scrunched up kitchen paper towel after each smoke

 

[OzPiper]

My new meer has arrived! $79.00 Canadian plus cheap shipping from Quetbec, 70 years old, unsmoked and with a case yet. Might be my best cheap pipe, eh? EBay so you know.

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Very nice pipe
Wishing you Many, Many Happy Smokes

 

[SmokingInTheWind]

That is a beautiful pipe. Well done! My one and only eBay binge years ago involved fly rods. I haven’t been on eBay since. Now you got me thinking.
Must resist.

 

[gord]

That is a beautiful pipe. Well done! My one and only eBay binge years ago involved fly rods. I haven’t been on eBay since. Now you got me thinking.
Must resist.

I think flyrods might actually be worse than pipes . . . ..

 

[gord]

I think flyrods might actually be worse than pipes . . . .. let's not go there

I double posted again . . . aaaaaagggghhhhhhh!!!!! The message is for SmokinTheWind.

 

[anotherbob]

I hate to be the one to tell you but pipes are carved not born. You don't have to adopt all the strays.

 

[artificialme]

Pretty little pipe! I always love to see a picture of meerschaum pipe but never have the gut to pull the trigger. Carelessness and clumpsy hands will make it shatter in no time.

 

[gord]

Pretty little pipe! I always love to see a picture of meerschaum pipe but never have the gut to pull the trigger. Carelessness and clumpsy hands will make it shatter in no time.

Let's hope not. I've not broken one yet . . . .

 

[Sobrbiker]

Pretty little pipe! I always love to see a picture of meerschaum pipe but never have the gut to pull the trigger. Carelessness and clumpsy hands will make it shatter in no time.

I’d posit that shattering meers is no more frequent than snapping the tenon off of briars.
Short of straight abuse and bad accidents don’t be skeered. And there’s plenty of meers out there that won’t break the bank for you to dip your toe in the pool.

 

[SmokingInTheWind]

Pretty little pipe! I always love to see a picture of meerschaum pipe but never have the gut to pull the trigger. Carelessness and clumpsy hands will make it shatter in no time.

I thought the same thing but I gave it a try with a lower priced meer. I dropped it on a tile floor and expected the worst. All it did was put a small flat spot on the side of the bowl. I have been smoking it often since with no problems. Give it a try. You won’t regret it.

 

[dottlejockey]

I thought the same thing but I gave it a try with a lower priced meer. I dropped it on a tile floor and expected the worst. All it did was put a small flat spot on the side of the bowl. I have been smoking it often since with no problems. Give it a try. You won’t regret it.

I concur. As long as it doesn't happen to hit just right, they're tougher than they get credit for. Also, dedicate that genre and deviate as desired. A ghost can be exorcised either with cleaning or time. I do the same with most of mine without issue. Enjoy it!

 

[Chasing Embers]

Pretty little pipe! I always love to see a picture of meerschaum pipe but never have the gut to pull the trigger. Carelessness and clumpsy hands will make it shatter in no time.

Nah, they're pretty tough.



My big Kenan skull hit my kitchen floor and left a dent in the linoleum without any damage to the pipe.