THE MAKING OF A GREAT MORTA PIPE

[UltraBlue]

Make no mistake: the difference between a cheap Morta pipe and an exceptional Morta pipe is like the difference between:

A driver and a chauffeur.
A trip and a voyage.
Mickey Mouse and a rat under your bed…

 

[burleybreath]

A colorful way to put it, and with pictures! Interesting. Thanks for posting.

 

[Brendan]

Did you make that yourself @UltraBlue ?

 

[UltraBlue]

Did you make that yourself @UltraBlue ?

Oh no way….
Made in Italy

 

[UltraBlue]

Oh no way….
Made in Italy

It’s a nice pair of twin pipes: Morta and Calabrian Briar.
A drink, some music, and the party is unstoppable.

 

[Brendan]

Ahhhh.
The vivid blue shirt in the first the photo and your user name had me thinking there is some connection - never mind

 

[Sea Lord]

So.............what's the difference between a cheap and exceptional morta pipe?

 

[burleybreath]

So.............what's the difference between a cheap and exceptional morta pipe?

Five or six thousand years, apparently.

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[Sea Lord]

Apparently. There are looks and there is smoking qualities. A 10,000 year old morta ebauchon is not a guarantee of exceptional smoking, just like a plateau with beautiful grain is not, either.
Beauty of the object matters but if it's not efficient, it's kind of sad.

 

[UltraBlue]

Did you make that yourself @UltraBlue ?

So.............what's the difference between a cheap and exceptional morta pipe?

I already said it:
It’s the difference between Mickey Mouse and a rat under your bed.

 

[InWithBothFeet]

One will leave excrement on your floor and the other will entertain your kids?

 

[UltraBlue]

One will leave excrement on your floor and the other will entertain your kids?

And your dogs as well.
Now seriously, the same criteria that applies to briar applies to Morta: bigger, older, beautiful grain and design, great smoke.

 

[anotherbob]

I already said it:
It’s the difference between Mickey Mouse and a rat under your bed.

Leave Dave Ratso out of this. He's all about clay pipes and the best rat ever.