Call me weird, but I never found the taste from a Meerschaum bowl, may it be inside a Calabash, or a normal pipe, to be any better, than a well broken in briar. The taste always is kind of muted, like a fresh briar, but it does not improve, like most briars do. For the record, I have also tried Andreas Bauer in this regard, which is said to use top quality Meerschaum.
The Calabash I owned had a similar taste/smell, like Foggy's, but it was not the bowl, but the gourd itself, which was treated with something, which smelled and tasted really awful.
Best regards,
Peter
The Calabash I owned had a similar taste/smell, like Foggy's, but it was not the bowl, but the gourd itself, which was treated with something, which smelled and tasted really awful.
Best regards,
Peter