This fellow looked like a good candidate for a regular work desk pipe.?
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This marks a couple of firsts, first ALTINAY, first army mount, and first meer touted as “translucent”. We’ll see how it goes, but, from what I can see, it seems to be a quality piece. Love how the pipe looks, from the stem shape to the slightly bent bowl. It’s light, but has a lovely little weight to it. Under bright light, I can make out a pattern of speckles and blots that I hope lead to an interesting coloration. As it seems a a good few people are interested in how ALTINAY’s “translucent” pipes color up, I’ll take pictures every so often. This most likely will become my daily pipe, and most probably my last of the year, as it was quite expensive for my usual tastes.
On another note, I’ve been smoking just one meer for almost two weeks now, and I’ve been in heaven, so, who knows, I might join a certain moderator in his quest to smoke just one meer for a year. Could be fun.
On another note, I’ve been smoking just one meer for almost two weeks now, and I’ve been in heaven, so, who knows, I might join a certain moderator in his quest to smoke just one meer for a year. Could be fun.
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Found this Peterson 303 nos meer in an antique shop on a trip to Dublin a couple of years back. About to enjoy some GH Bob's Chocolate flake in it. 
Wow that skull really colored nicely!
Now there's an idea for you Duane...commission a 7 day meer set all carved identically to your 7 favorite MM Cob shapes.
I'm thinking of having one made like my favorite cob.
You know why I'm calling them Turkish corn cobs don't you?
Here is my IMP smooth Apple. I can appreciate carved pieces that are really well done, but for me I like the smooth.
I have smoked this pipe about 4 times. The stem sucks, the pipe smokes hot. It doesn't compare to any of my artisan pipes that are broken in and have a nice layer of cake.
The IMP has a good system for removing the stem. I wish I liked it more as it is a good looking pipe that fits my taste in pipes. I am going to sell it in the next batch of pipes I am getting rid of. I thought it would be a nice smoker. For some people it would be really nice as most people are not as anal about their stems as I am.
Here is the pipe.
I have smoked this pipe about 4 times. The stem sucks, the pipe smokes hot. It doesn't compare to any of my artisan pipes that are broken in and have a nice layer of cake.
The IMP has a good system for removing the stem. I wish I liked it more as it is a good looking pipe that fits my taste in pipes. I am going to sell it in the next batch of pipes I am getting rid of. I thought it would be a nice smoker. For some people it would be really nice as most people are not as anal about their stems as I am.
Here is the pipe.
I'm assuming because cobs are Missouri Meerschaum.
Yep, seemed like a funny bit of irony.?
That would be a very interesting meer if done correctly.
Altinay does good stem work. I have 6 of them now and I'm happy with the stems on all but one...and even that one is ok for me, just not as good as the others. But whether they would meet your stem standards I couldn't say. I have a lot more tolerance for less than perfect stems since I started using dry vinyl tape on them.Here is my IMP smooth Apple. I can appreciate carved pieces that are really well done, but for me I like the smooth.
I have smoked this pipe about 4 times. The stem sucks, the pipe smokes hot. It doesn't compare to any of my artisan pipes that are broken in and have a nice layer of cake.
The IMP has a good system for removing the stem. I wish I liked it more as it is a good looking pipe that fits my taste in pipes. I am going to sell it in the next batch of pipes I am getting rid of. I thought it would be a nice smoker. For some people it would be really nice as most people are not as anal about their stems as I am.
Here is the pipe.
Just in point of fact, I'm smoking IMPs with ACRYLIC stems. That should say much of their stem quality. Whatever kind of acrylic they are using has a bit of give and their buttons are soft and rounded, no severe angles.
Thats nice. Where did you get that one from Simon?