Kudos to @didimauw for getting me familiar with Astas Meerschaum Pipe master
Mustafa Şekercioğlu.
My two meers have arrived today. Ordered them almost a month ago, well, this is how long it now takes to deliver to Ukraine (and even that method of delivery is now under question with all the blackouts and missile strikes)
Now I must say mr. Mustafa really knows how to make great latticework.
And haggling with him also turned out fun (I ended up saving $50, but buying two pipes when I only wanted one). So I daresay he got the best of me here.
I just love this little poker pipe.
It is so light I would hardly believe it. Feels like I could hold it with my tongue alone.
Wanted a smaller pipe for a fast smoke.
A bit surprised about the shape.
I kinda expected it to be able to stand on the flat bottom. But the balance disagrees with me. Although to be fair, it can remain vertical…as long as you hold your breath around it.
Lighting it is actually not so easy, cause I don’t see the bowl. Have to take it out of the mouth 2-3 times to study the embers.
Now that was unexpected. But not a dealbreaker of course.
Smokes like a charm thou.
I believe I would happily recommend Astas Meerschaum to anyone interested. Although be wary that there may be big language barriers.
For example I asked whether he could make me a second churchwarden stem. He said he would do this free of charge, but I ended up receiving a nosewarmer, which is actually quite the very opposite of what I wanted, lol. Well, I don’t look a gifted horse in the mouth, but looks like i will be needing one more meer.
Oh and to end up on the funny note:
I asked him to include a pinch of meerschaum dust so that I could probably try to patch my IMP (maybe I won’t bother, but having some meerschaum dust seemed like a good idea anyways).
He did oblige me.
What can I say. In the hindsight I am happy as hell that the customs did not open my parcel…otherwise it would probably take me a few more month to prove I’m not a criminal
Mustafa Şekercioğlu.
My two meers have arrived today. Ordered them almost a month ago, well, this is how long it now takes to deliver to Ukraine (and even that method of delivery is now under question with all the blackouts and missile strikes)
Now I must say mr. Mustafa really knows how to make great latticework.
And haggling with him also turned out fun (I ended up saving $50, but buying two pipes when I only wanted one). So I daresay he got the best of me here.
I just love this little poker pipe.
It is so light I would hardly believe it. Feels like I could hold it with my tongue alone.
Wanted a smaller pipe for a fast smoke.
A bit surprised about the shape.
I kinda expected it to be able to stand on the flat bottom. But the balance disagrees with me. Although to be fair, it can remain vertical…as long as you hold your breath around it.
Lighting it is actually not so easy, cause I don’t see the bowl. Have to take it out of the mouth 2-3 times to study the embers.
Now that was unexpected. But not a dealbreaker of course.
Smokes like a charm thou.
I believe I would happily recommend Astas Meerschaum to anyone interested. Although be wary that there may be big language barriers.
For example I asked whether he could make me a second churchwarden stem. He said he would do this free of charge, but I ended up receiving a nosewarmer, which is actually quite the very opposite of what I wanted, lol. Well, I don’t look a gifted horse in the mouth, but looks like i will be needing one more meer.
Oh and to end up on the funny note:
I asked him to include a pinch of meerschaum dust so that I could probably try to patch my IMP (maybe I won’t bother, but having some meerschaum dust seemed like a good idea anyways).
He did oblige me.
What can I say. In the hindsight I am happy as hell that the customs did not open my parcel…otherwise it would probably take me a few more month to prove I’m not a criminal
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