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Jan 28, 2018
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Just received this Altinok, have 3 bowls smoked. This pipe smokes awesome and is very well made. Has a taller bowl than I normally use but I like that. It will be used for my first smoke of the day which is my favorite. The taller bowl will let me enjoy that longer and the ID is perfect, 0.75". The walls of this pipe are fairly thick around the bottom and the shank, I don't look for it to color quickly. That's secondary to it smoking well though.

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Deano

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Just received this Altinok, have 3 bowls smoked. This pipe smokes awesome and is very well made. Has a taller bowl than I normally use but I like that. It will be used for my first smoke of the day which is my favorite. The taller bowl will let me enjoy that longer and the ID is perfect, 0.75". The walls of this pipe are fairly thick around the bottom and the shank, I don't look for it to color quickly. That's secondary to it smoking well though.

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That is gorgeous.
 
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That is gorgeous.
Thank you. Interestingly enough, the pipe came with a thick coat of wax. After smoking 3 bowls, the wax has kind of melted away and it is actually more white than it came. There's still some wax left on the bottom and shank, kind of has a two tone look now. It was almost like it "defrosted" the first few bowls. Regardless, it smokes fantastic.
 
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skeeter456

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Just received this Altinok, have 3 bowls smoked. This pipe smokes awesome and is very well made. Has a taller bowl than I normally use but I like that. It will be used for my first smoke of the day which is my favorite. The taller bowl will let me enjoy that longer and the ID is perfect, 0.75". The walls of this pipe are fairly thick around the bottom and the shank, I don't look for it to color quickly. That's secondary to it smoking well though.

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Very nice!!
 
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IMP with Ryan Alden stem. Need more meerschaums
This is kind of the conflict with Meers. If you like to see your Meers color, they need to be smoked. The more Meers you have, the less each one will be smoked. I'm more of a smoker than a collector so it doesn't make sense to me to have a whole bunch of Meers.
 

Deano

Part of the Furniture Now
Dec 28, 2022
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Iowa
This is kind of the conflict with Meers. If you like to see your Meers color, they need to be smoked. The more Meers you have, the less each one will be smoked. I'm more of a smoker than a collector so it doesn't make sense to me to have a whole bunch of Meers.
Agreed. I try to smoke one for a week then another for a week and so on.
 

didimauw

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This is kind of the conflict with Meers. If you like to see your Meers color, they need to be smoked. The more Meers you have, the less each one will be smoked. I'm more of a smoker than a collector so it doesn't make sense to me to have a whole bunch of Meers.
The main reason I'm spending a year with mine.