Looking back, I can't remember the last time I cleaned a meerschaum.
Translucent Meerschaum?
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I ended up reaming my bowl the other day, out of ...well...no reason at all really. And after about 15 bowls, you don't even wanna know what the pipe cleaner looked like ....
But I'll be back to cake. If anything, the pipe will crack, and I can smoke a briar again.....
Thinking about grabbing my tub of Carter hall. That's how my cake got so huge on my Grabow. Dime size happens after about 3 smokes with CH. lol
But I'll be back to cake. If anything, the pipe will crack, and I can smoke a briar again.....
Thinking about grabbing my tub of Carter hall. That's how my cake got so huge on my Grabow. Dime size happens after about 3 smokes with CH. lol
Ok sure, but when you only smoke cheap Burley blends, normally after a few bowls they need a pipe cleaner atleast in the stem. Lol .... But I will power on my friend!
More often than not, I'm smoking C&D Engine 382.
My experience- Mine has picked up a lot of scratches and a couple of pits. I don’t treat it any differently than any other meerschaum. It is definitely softer
Thank you! I love it. I've been extra gentle with it but inevitably that first scratch is going to happen. Assuming it will be like the first door ding in a new car. After that they become part of the character and you'll park (smoke) with reckless abandon.
Yeah, I threw the picture up because the post I responded to mentioned it.
I'm not letting @cshubhra take
I just looked up the date on my original stock pics I saved when I bought it and it was April of 2021...so all of this utter stupidity is entirely my fault.
And this is how it all happened:
'Cause I've recently discovered deer tongue and I love it.
OK, I managed to find the original thread where I brought up the question about translucent meers...a couple of weeks before I bought mine.
There were two other members at that time who commented in this thread that they had just recently purchased one...but they had not mentioned it on the forum. One of them was @alaskanpiper buddy I mentioned yesterday...and he told the story in this thread about dropping it from atop the freezer.
Also, Said Altinay posted in this thread explaining about translucent meerschaum and posted several pics showing the coloring development of his.
There were two other members at that time who commented in this thread that they had just recently purchased one...but they had not mentioned it on the forum. One of them was @alaskanpiper buddy I mentioned yesterday...and he told the story in this thread about dropping it from atop the freezer.
Also, Said Altinay posted in this thread explaining about translucent meerschaum and posted several pics showing the coloring development of his.
Translucent Meerschaum :: Meerschaum Pipes
Anyone have one of these? Do they color any differently than standard meerschaum? https://www.altinaypipes.com/shop/rhodesian-silver-army-meerschaum-pipe-from-translucent-block/
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And for anyone who hasn't seen it yet, below is the thread from @alaskanpiper buddy I mentioned yesterday who commissioned the Dall Sheep meer through Altinay, and carved by Kenan. It is quite impressive.
Meer Commission :: Pipe Talk
As some of you saw, I was interested in commissioning a carver to make a figural meerschaum pipe for me. I’ve wanted a Dall Sheep pipe for some time, but there isn’t really anything close to a realistic option available. There are rams, to be sure, but none of them are Dall rams. One of the...
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You're right. My no name meer that's showing translucency, has a spot on it, that looks like it shattered on the shank. Almost like a moon crater. And this pipe has never been dropped.
Meers scratch. It is what Meers do. Briars get dings as well. Cars, bikes, people, we all age and end up with age marks.
What is one to do?
What is one to do?
Would you smoke it if it was cheap and tasted like shit? Surely you must enjoy the quality of the tobacco, no?