Let them cake up as you smoke them. The results are crazy.
Tekin Meerschaum Coloring Updates
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It's mostly just dumb luck with the meerschaum that was used I think. 200 isn't all that many bowls and this is quite a bit of coloring.
I've mostly been smoking Pegasus, Opening Night, & Old Gowrie. Pretty much all very dry blends.
I'm blowing the moisture back into the bowl when I'm done and, if I remember, wiping out the chamber after I'm done smoking. Despite wiping out the bowl, I've already had to cut the cake back a couple of times, which has always been my experience. Sometimes I forget to clean it and just leave dottle in the bowl overnight. I run pipe cleaners through the stem before lighting up a new bowl to wick away any remaining moisture from the stem and it passes a pipe cleaner easily. I don't think I'm being particularly fastidious or particularly negligent in my cleaning habits. I usually smoke 3-4 bowls in it a day and it has a small chamber. Probably 1.2-1.3in x .75in.
That pipe is gorgeous. I'm loving the progression...keep it coming!
Not exactly the best pics, but here she is:
She's a little worse for wear after I chewed through the original stem, got a cheapo replacement and a silver band to break up the lines a little bit so it doesn't look as "off" if that makes sense.
I keep my meer bowls pretty clean and cake-free so coloring has been slow. This is about 2 years of pretty consistent smoke, a little out of favor lately but you've got me back in a Tekin mood!
Yeah that thing does look pretty similar in shape. The silver band is a great idea. I’ll likely get another Tekin pipe at some point.Not exactly the best pics, but here she is:
She's a little worse for wear after I chewed through the original stem, got a cheapo replacement and a silver band to break up the lines a little bit so it doesn't look as "off" if that makes sense.
I keep my meer bowls pretty clean and cake-free so coloring has been slow. This is about 2 years of pretty consistent smoke, a little out of favor lately but you've got me back in a Tekin mood!
The quality of meerschaum is excellent!! That is some of the most perfect coloring I have seen.
Beautiful!
As far as I know, carvers use and sell the so called translucent pieces as any other pipe. I've gotten a couple from IMP like that. Altinay is the only brand that makes a fuss over them and sells them at a premium.
Thanks man. It was just a regular grade that I purchased. @Chasing Embers mentioned that it may be a translucent block.
What kind of custom pipe did you order?
That’s awesome man. Be sure to post pics when it arrives. My tekin pipe is an excellent smoker.
looking good man , think you convinced me to pull the trigger on one now just to watch it change, a hobby in itself...
