Translucent Meerschaum

[brian64]

Anyone have one of these? Do they color any differently than standard meerschaum?

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[verporchting]

Looks white to me?

 

[Kingsley]

I would love to know, as I’ve only ever seen a meerschaum pipe titled as translucent on Altinay’s website.

 

[Briar Baron]

It is sold now but how much was it listed for?

 

[Kingsley]

It is sold now but how much was it listed for?

$309.

 

[Merton]

marketers sometimes rave about the quality of the stone and sometimes it it just, well, marketing...advertising puffery

 

[jaytex1969]

 

[brian64]

Looks white to me?

At first glance I thought the same, but looking closely there does seem to be a subtle difference...more shiny I suppose.

I would love to know, as I’ve only ever seen a meerschaum pipe titled as translucent on Altinay’s website.

I've only seen one other one on their site and they both sold rather quickly. They refer to it as rare translucent block. I'm imagining that the coloring properties might be different.

 

[alaskanpiper]

Ive seen a picture of one colored a bit and it looked crazy. @BarrelProof might have the photo. It was kind of spiderwebby.

 

[verporchting]

Interesting, I’d love to see a photo showing the coloration. Wonder if it smokes differently?

 

[alaskanpiper]

 

[anotherbob]

yeah if you look at the "grain" you can see the difference. Wow that's pretty neat.

 

[BarrelProof]

Yep. According to Altinay, it already has a pattern within the block that will color on its own like the photo @alaskanpiper posted. However, the inherent grain is different in all of them so you never know exactly how each one will turn out.

I bought one from Altinay a few weeks ago. I’ll start smoking it more and documenting the color change. I’m really interested to see how it turns out.

I’d post a photo right now but you can’t really tell from a picture what’s going on and I haven’t smoked it enough to get any of the pattern to start showing, yet.

 

[bron340]

Yep. According to Altinay, it already has a pattern within the block that will color on its own like the photo @alaskanpiper posted. However, the inherent grain is different in all of them so you never know exactly how each one will turn out.

I bought one from Altinay a few weeks ago. I’ll start smoking it more and documenting the color change. I’m really interested to see how it turns out.

I’d post a photo right now but you can’t really tell from a picture what’s going on and I haven’t smoked it enough to get any of the pattern to start showing, yet.

I think you should take before and after photos. It would be interesting to see the coloring process.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

In the pictures, you do know that the one on the bottom of each picture is just a reflection... right?

 

[bron340]

In the pictures, you do know that the one on the bottom of each picture is just a reflection... right?

It can't be! ?

 

[cosmicfolklore]

It can't be! ?

No... I'm pretty sure.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I've never ever ever seen a description of a meerschaum say that it wasn't a block meerschaum. Nowhere have I ever seen one that said, "just a pressed piece of meerschaum. This is why it's cheap." It's not till someone gets it in hand and asks the forum, "why does my meerschaum smell like glue?"

 

[brian64]

In the pictures, you do know that the one on the bottom of each picture is just a reflection... right?

Read the below thread first and then rethink it:

Finding Your Center :: General Discussion

For what its worth, what we normally think of as the first three dimensions as well as the fourth dimension of time or causality, should be better thought of as terminating dimensions rather than the first four dimensions. The first six, hidden from our sight within the quantum world, are...

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[brian64]

I've never ever ever seen a description of a meerschaum say that it wasn't a block meerschaum. Nowhere have I ever seen one that said, "just a pressed piece of meerschaum. This is why it's cheap." It's not till someone gets it in hand and asks the forum, "why does my meerschaum smell like glue?"

Actually Altinay does specify press meerschaum for the bowls in some of the calabash pipes they have listed (see below)...so they are very honest and upfront about it.

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