Not perfect, but good enough.
Being as cheap as a mid-level cob, I think they’re awesome little pipes.
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Being as cheap as a mid-level cob, I think they’re awesome little pipes.
Good. Sounds like you built a friendship with Bruce and I'd hate to see those pipes move from you (unless they went into my own collection).
Some pictures of a Star Meerschaum pipes large Billiard I had sent off to a Canadian repair and restorer who can hand cut p lip stems, Charles Lemon from dadspipes
First two pictures are from the site when I purchased it and now with some upgrades, a properly made tapered bore hand cut p lip stem of German ebonite with a nickel band for shank reinforcement.
very last picture is after Charles gave it a complimentary quick beeswax dip since its never had any maintenance since I got it over a year ago. Really balanced out the color
(This is a GIANT Billiard)
I also have two Peterson African meers with him getting some hand cut 8 swirl Green and black ebonite p lips made and I plan to have my new bent ball MBSD meer a black ebonite p lip stem made as well.
what can I say, I prefer the p lip
First two pictures are from the site when I purchased it and now with some upgrades, a properly made tapered bore hand cut p lip stem of German ebonite with a nickel band for shank reinforcement.
very last picture is after Charles gave it a complimentary quick beeswax dip since its never had any maintenance since I got it over a year ago. Really balanced out the color
(This is a GIANT Billiard)
I also have two Peterson African meers with him getting some hand cut 8 swirl Green and black ebonite p lips made and I plan to have my new bent ball MBSD meer a black ebonite p lip stem made as well.
what can I say, I prefer the p lip
Very nice, im proud of myself i haven't bought a new Meer (new to me) in 9 days!
It's quite sad when you end up trusting fleabay more than SP estates.
I've had better luck with EBay but the broken owl from Yanik and this newest disappointment seems to be the PAD cure.
Estate pipes? Like....ones someone already slobbered all over?
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When i first joined a local group of cigar smokers in SD many moons ago, i had just started smoking cigars, knew little about them, never had a cuban, nothing, so we met at a local bar that you could smoke on the outside patio (the GM was a member of the group) anyway they always did Puff Puff Passes, they were smoking the crazy vintage and rare cubans so it was common place to pass them around for people to try and discuss. They all knew each other for upwards of 20 years and sometimes more and this was common place (there was a slobberer but they tended to skip him or remind him to "wipe your fucking mouth" or "stop drooling" lol) they met every week and it took me 2 months so about 12 herfs to consider PPPing with them LOL ... you get to know people and people are careful not to drool, lick their lips, if they are sick they don't PPP etc., Covid pretty much killed the PPP but it's making its comeback. Sadly im in FL now anyway and no one smokes sticks around me.Estate pipes? Like....ones someone already slobbered all over?
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Meerschaum carvers often blow through their pipes to test the airflow while they are making them.Estate pipes? Like....ones someone already slobbered all over?
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I take it you don’t ever eat out.Estate pipes? Like....ones someone already slobbered all over?
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Or you bring along your own set of cutlery and glass/cup when you do
Interestingly, my Altinok is reversing in color. I think the early, rapid coloring was wax that is how wearing off. The top photo below was two months ago, the second today.
My newest Altinay is coloring nicely, I suspect this is also the wax.
And the oldest of the three, an Altinay, keeps very gradually getting darker all over. This one has near 1,000 bowls through it. The photo doesn't do it justice, it has a much darker tint in person. The hero has turned near black.
My newest Altinay is coloring nicely, I suspect this is also the wax.
And the oldest of the three, an Altinay, keeps very gradually getting darker all over. This one has near 1,000 bowls through it. The photo doesn't do it justice, it has a much darker tint in person. The hero has turned near black.
U mean you eat with USED silverware? Do u also smoke Carter Hall in a cob too? Wtf. WierdoI take it you don’t ever eat out.
Or you bring along your own set of cutlery and glass/cup when you do
That's an amazing pipe
I'll posit that the almost black bottom (of the bowl) and shank is due to the use of a button or drilled coin placed in the base allowing the accumulation of tar and other
from decades of smoking.@condorlover1 is probably the best person to comment on the coloration of antique meers
Looks like the bottom of the bowl and shank are oxblood.I'll posit that the almost black bottom (of the bowl) and shank is due to the use of a button or drilled coin placed in the base allowing the accumulation of tar and other
@condorlover1 is probably the best person to comment on the coloration of antique meers