Just took delivery of this MBSD billiard. Pretty nice. I do like the briar mortise which. Very light I would imagine that it will color pretty quickly. The stem is decent but the bit could use some improvement.
Show Off Your Meerschaum Pipes Here!
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If you like the stem fitting, they're made by Black Meerschaum.
Is that the original stem or a replacement? The sky blue lining in the case is lovely and doesn't look like it has been damaged by pipe 'juices' and general wear and tear. I believe that color is called Prussian Blue and it is arrived at by some amazing 19th century chemical process that would be illegal today! Any idea of age?
This is exactly what I mean when I tell my wife I just bought a "few." Nice work!
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Hey pal, marry her againI only have 1 meerschaum. I'd like to eventually get a straight billiard.
The wife got me this one for Valentine's day and even did a little research to make sure she got a carved on instead of a cheap pressed one. It's a good smoking pipe.
Seeing this thread up in New Posts is always a great excuse to post this daily driver of mine:
a Nate King meerschaum prince with a titanium band -
(I've found a golf tee to be the perfect pipe tool for a meer, not as abrasive on the material).
a Nate King meerschaum prince with a titanium band -
(I've found a golf tee to be the perfect pipe tool for a meer, not as abrasive on the material).
I had Kraig Sederquist make me a new stem for my Tekin. As always I am flabbergasted by his amazing work. Might send all of my meers to him for restemming.
My best friend found this Baki at the last Vegas show when we went together. Unsmoked and now he’s sold it to me for what he paid. It’s a gorgeous piece
That's a gorgeous specimen of a meerschaum pipe!
I remember eyeballing that one awhile back and considered getting it. Congratulations!
That pipe is gorgeous. The detail on that hat is a marvel.
Nice short stubby reverse calabash Rhodesian MBSD meer that I plan to smoke the shit out of during the month of March 
A new pipe from M. Cay for a very reasonable price.
6.19” long, 1.58” deep, with a chamber diameter of .73”.
Love the stem work, and yes, of course, the strange qualities of the block as well.
Very nice...and yes interesting block. I suppose it would be considered "translucent" although those are not typically so obviously unusual...especially in a photo...they tend to have a much more subtle difference from standard blocks...especially when new and unsmoked.
Very true.
On that difficult-to-describe note, I’ve toyed with the idea of penning a more true-to-detail designation system for wacky blocks, as I’ve seen many strange forms of meerschaum pipes, and I find “translucent” to be too general, as there are not only many different types, but many reoccurring silicate patterns and forms that differ while they still could fall under a certain grouping. They can be have great clear depths in blips and puddles, or whole shells of clearer silicate. Tiny speckles like fat separated from butter or splotches like rotten milk. Veins, cracks, and things that even I’d have trouble defining. It’s as interesting as can be to me.
The reason I picked this one up (and yes, I certainly understand some finding its appearance unappealing), is because of the many varied forms of “translucent” styles within. Usually one might find a “translucent” meer sporting one or two different patterns, like depths and tiny speckles here and there, or rarer still anything with veins as is often searched for at a chance to have one end up like Mr. Baki’s famed pipe:
But my new M. Cay has quite a bit going on in a good many ways that I don’t usually see together all on one pipe.
Messy and maybe even the ugliest pipe I’ve ever had, sure, but I love it.
Oh, and I will say this to those interested in strange meerschaum block pipes, just do a bit of scouring online through the ‘bay or on the ‘tsy. I got this pipe and my other craziest meer which I think just a page back on this very thread, for around $100-$120 each all said and done.
They may be a little rough around the edges, but there is certainly no reason you should have to go selling off your body parts in order to afford one.
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