Show off Your Meerschaum Claws Here!

[didimauw]

Can I play?

I honestly can't remember if I've ever seen any claws of yours?

 

[condorlover1]

@didimauw: My bad I am getting so myopic I miss read the op-ed. You are right I don't have any claws!

 

[didimauw]

@didimauw: My bad I am getting so myopic I miss read the op-ed. You are right I don't have any claws!

Well I think now you know what you need to do....

 

[condorlover1]

Too heavy for my limited number of teeth to support.!

 

[PA Piper Mike]

New



Now

 

[augiebd]

One I picked up from rebornpipes. Steve replaced the original stem and the new stem really suits the pipe.

 

[Cyxelsid]

I received this from my cousin as a birthday gift a couple of weeks ago... I am about to break it in today!

 

[didimauw]

Bump!

I'm real close to pulling the trigger on one!

More pics may help stop me....

 

[Cyxelsid]

Bump!

I'm real close to pulling the trigger on one!

More pics may help stop me....

I am really enjoying this one (my first), and I think I may need to invest in another.

 

[Frog Snacks]

Here are my cheap small meer claws, They are small, maybe 20 minute smokers and I'm not kidding when I say they were cheap, I paid 20$ each for them. I do really like them for what they are and I always tell myself I'm going to get a bigger lattice billiard meerschaum but I never get around to it.

 

[Frog Snacks]

Here is the dragon claw meerschaum with a lattice egg I referenced earlier. The inside of the egg is meerschaum (based on the wet finger test). I'm doubtful the outside is meerschaum.

For $20, I'm not complaining. I just wanted a test subject before getting a nicer one. While I still haven't tested it, I picked up an antique cutty that I may post about later.

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Looks real to me, mine were cheap too. You'll know when it starts to color, the foot should color first, You'll know when it does.

 

[Frog Snacks]

These are not Meerschaum, but, they sort of fit this thread—they’re miniature Gutta-percha Egg and Claw pipes from Colossus Pipe Factory (top), and KB&B (bottom) from the early 20th Century, circa 1919—these companies, owned by Kaufmann Brothers and Bondy, would eventually morph into Kaywoodie. Quarter shown for scale.

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The former pothead in my would have loved these little guys.