Hallmarked 1900 Cased Meer
This is a Hallmarked 1910 Ben Wade Meerschaum
This is a Hallmarked 1910 Ben Wade Meerschaum
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Absolutely true. Briar needs to retain a little bit of moisture to avoid becoming brittle. If a vintage pipe has never been smoked, or not smoked in many decades, the dryness of the briar may cause it to crack as it heats up. There are workarounds, such a moistening the interior walls of the chamber with water prior to smoking or providing an insulating layer like a silicate coating to the chamber walls. Any way you do it, the first bowls should be very much slow smoked, such that the pipe barely warms, to give it time to adjust.
Nice pieces! I was going to bid on the Ben Wade with the dental bit, but got the Barling Magnum instead.
Which is exactly why I walked away from the Magnum. My sites were on the Ben Wade. Lol. Funny how it works.
Not nearly as classy or old as the recent posts, but this turned up this morning. After hearing the goss about Willmer I knew one had to be in the Britwood rotation. Haven’t looked into era or grading yet but regardless I love it.
I see this thread is Loeweded with lots of really nice pipes. Here are a few I have added in the past couple months. It all started with a simple pre-68 Wimpole. Some highlights (all Loewe, of course)...
A 1913:
Cased 1916's:
A 1924 (Made for Abercrombie and Fitch):
Pre-1930's Special:
A 1913:
Cased 1916's:
A 1924 (Made for Abercrombie and Fitch):
Pre-1930's Special:
@Simplicity Was waiting for you to post bro. Gorgeous stuff!
Always happy to be an enabler and accomplice
Wow!!! This is the shit I love!!! Absolutely beautiful pipes
Thanks - you and the others here have some amazing pieces. Great thread to show what is out there.
@Simplicity as you can tell a few of us are big Loewe fan boys!!
My new Rossi Rubino 6mm fresh from the mailbox. The chamber is huge on this compared to my other pipes.
Now time for a test drive. ?
Now time for a test drive. ?
Got this for my Birthday last year, still getting broken in, but the draw is a bit tighter then my other Petes. What is not to like on the bit and the silver, though. I think it will grow into a favorite!
Picked up this Charatan. I can date this one 61-65. It’s a big pot. I can easily stick my thumb in the chamber. Has this big old chin as I would call it on the bottom of the bowl. I Love the shape of these Charatan Pots. I really like the grain as well. It smokes very tight. This one I didn’t buy for my collection, I bought it to smoke.
