So - Why Meerschaum?

[badbriar]

I've seen a few black Peterson meers - look amazing when they are in good condition. Seems like beers have climbed in price a good bit in the past few years and not nearly as many nice estates or even new ones out there.

 

[mso489]

Here's to fish'n'banjo, the late great, who sent me my first and only Meerschaum estate, a straight billiard with grape vine etched bowl.

 

[weezell]

been eyeing older peterson meers. but they are either expensive as hell or ugly as hell. but sooner or later i guess i'll try one.

This is to me the most beautiful Pete meer you could ever have!

 

[weezell]

I LOVE THAT PIPE!...

 

[Chasing Embers]

This is to me the most beautiful Pete meer you could ever have!

They get worse than that?!

 

[didimauw]

Meerschaum is simply an available option. I have a couple I've smoked for fifty plus years and never once have I felt the need to articulate the "why" to another smoker. Not sure I could.

Best answer yet!

 

[hauntedmyst]

Personally, I prefer the way briar smokes.

 

[Spa32]

Personally, I prefer the way briar smokes.

^^^This.

 

[BROBS]

They get worse than that?!

beauty is in the eye of the beholder.. you have a pipe with a hump!

 

[BROBS]

This is to me the most beautiful Pete meer you could ever have!

thanks man.. it's called "Aboriginal" finish.

I have a rustic red one too maybe I'll smoke that one tonight.

 

[bullet08]

BROBS' meer's very nice. have seen rather new ones on ebay, but they are way out of my pipe budget. then there are rusticated ones that look like something chewed on it for awhile. i'm sure i'll run into one that i'll like sooner or later. till then, briar gives what i enjoy.

 

[BROBS]

????...

I'm saying the meer cutty is becoming quite popular and stylish!!

 

[crashthegrey]

I have one meer, I like the experience of what seems a purer taste, but I don't go for it often. It's a once in a blue moon thing for me. That's the funny part, though, coloration. People love white meers and one that has been smoked a million times. Few like the process of coloring it, because it just looks dingy for a long time.

 

[Chasing Embers]

beauty is in the eye of the beholder.. you have a pipe with a hump!

Finger rest.

Dromedary Pipes :: Pipe Talk

Other than my Big Ben, and a few estate Hilsons, I never see the dromedary shape. Anyone have any idea where this shape came from and its purpose? That hump makes a nifty finger rest, but is that all it's for?

pipesmagazine.com

 

[BROBS]

Finger rest.

Dromedary Pipes :: Pipe Talk

Other than my Big Ben, and a few estate Hilsons, I never see the dromedary shape. Anyone have any idea where this shape came from and its purpose? That hump makes a nifty finger rest, but is that all it's for?

pipesmagazine.com

just teasing ya, bro.

 

[seldom]

I've an old Andreas Bauer meerschaum that was made for Pfeifen Huber in Munich that I acquired as an estate pipe.

My favorite use for it is to taste blends that are new to me. There seems to be less interference from the taste of prior smokes allowing for a better assessment. That may all be in my head, but I believe it. I'm not sure why but I am also drawn to it on spring days when the weather has just started getting nice again.

Mostly I smoke my briars.

 

[Chasing Embers]

just teasing ya, bro.

I know. ?

 

[anotherbob]

seeing them color is really neat especially if you examine it closely. They smoke cooler then a briar. I love mine but baby it far too much for it to be a regular pipe. And even though I don't smoke it much, just special occasions.

 

[Chasing Embers]

just teasing ya, bro.

I bet that meer is a joy to hold. Probably feels like it was carved just for your hand.

 

[hauntedmyst]

seeing them color is really neat especially if you examine it closely.

Once at the pipe shop, we all agreed we'd smoke one meerschaum every shift and store it in a jar and blow smoke into it when we weren't smoking it. That thing colored up dark and rich in like two weeks and none of us got mono or lip herpes. Score!