All the ones I've seen look too cartoonish. A well carved octopus and skull would be nice too.
The Flavor Of Meerschaum
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Thanks for asking this question! I have a meer bowl on a falcon that I have smoked about half a dozen times. I have noticed a slightly off flavor and wondered if it was meer specific but never made time to ask.
For some reason before I bought my meer I thought it was a magical material that would never ghost and would smoke neutral, thus giving me the best smoke ever.
For some reason before I bought my meer I thought it was a magical material that would never ghost and would smoke neutral, thus giving me the best smoke ever.
I've never understood that one either. It's like using a sponge and expecting it not to absorb anything.For some reason before I bought my meer I thought it was a magical material that would never ghost and would smoke neutral, thus giving me the best smoke ever.
I saw Parliament back in the day. Sooooo much fun.
Interesting about the seashell. I can see that. I always felt like it added a creamy quality. Briars are black coffee, Meers have a touch of half and half.
To me, after a few bowls, meerschaums taste like any other pipe. But the scent coming off the bowl, which is quite noticeable, is of warm beeswax. Can't imagine why. I rather like it.
Warm beeswax doesn’t smell like that. It’s the mineral since it’s leftover deposits of an ancient ocean.
Eeew...whatever. Images of the bottom of a fishtank are now ricocheting inside my skull.
I have never had any bad smells while smoking a new Meerschaum. A few of them though, when they were brand new would smell like burnt rubber AFTER a smoke, even when rested. I would not smell it in the next bowl though and it went away after 7-8 smokes
I had wondered if that chalky seashell taste was from dust not washed away after manufacturing.
The beeswax aroma is from the wax they used to coat newly made pipes. Some guys will keep reapplying this also.
Was anyone able to answer the question about whether African Meers were the same material as the white ones? I had been wondering the same thing.
The beeswax aroma is from the wax they used to coat newly made pipes. Some guys will keep reapplying this also.
Was anyone able to answer the question about whether African Meers were the same material as the white ones? I had been wondering the same thing.
After reading through this thread, I'm still wondering why y'all are eating your Meerschaum pipes. Those pipes are for smoking, people!
Meerschaum by definition is hydrated magnesium silicate, There are meerschaum deposits worldwide however few are commercially viable to mine. "African" meerschaum (mostly from the Laxley (sp) mines) is denser and darker than Turkish meerschaum. Most examples are "pre-colored" by fuming. Turkish meerschaum is more porous and will actually float on water. There was at some point meerschaum being mined in the Sudan that was closer to Turkish meerschaum in appearance and was used by EA Carey for their line of meerschaum pipes.
Ten years ago when I got my first new meerschaum pipe (most of mine have been purchased used) I remember sucking air through the pipe and thinking "this tastes just like a rock" - I have spent the ten years since then wondering how I knew what a rock tastes like...
one time that song came on at the super market and two 20 something punked out vegans (based on the products they were buying and their colored mohawked hair styles) gave me the old lady stink eye for getting down to that song. My first thought is you can't fake the funk or several other things either.
yeah mine tasted muted at first too. Now it's great. It's a servi meerschaum if that means anything.
I worked with an older gentleman who says he saw Funkadelic and Black Sabbath at the same show. I have to admit I was never before or since so struck by jealousy.