Vintage Missouri Meerschaum pipes.

[lelik]

Hello. Can someone help me with production dates for this pipes. Thank you.

 

[prairiedruid]

Reach out to Missouri Meerschaum; they have great customer service and has helped others to date their cobs.

 

[warren]

Yup, query MM for a proper response. Go right to the source!

 

[lelik]

Thank you.

 

[SmokingInTheWind]

Hello. Can someone help me with production dates for this pipes. Thank you.

The third one down is a beauty.

 

[Ahi Ka]

Post #6 here might offer some assistance while you wait to hear back from MM

Cob Dating? :: Pipe Talk

No, I'm not taking my cob on a date... (mostly because I'm Damn near married to it now.) I acquired a cob in a batch of estate pipes a few months back, and it seems to be older. It has a longer shank and I was told it has a bakelite stem. It only had part of the sticker on it, but I'm wondering...

pipesmagazine.com

 

[Sam Whiskey]

These are all higher grade pipes. The first two are older, they have burnished bowls, a labor-intensive process that was abandoned in the ‘60s, I think. The other three appear to be later (70s-80s?) but they are custom grade.

I’d like to see the label on the first pipe. That is a nice and rare corndog.

 

[lelik]

 

[anotherbob]

These are all higher grade pipes. The first two are older, they have burnished bowls, a labor-intensive process that was abandoned in the ‘60s, I think. The other three appear to be later (70s-80s?) but they are custom grade.

I’d like to see the label on the first pipe. That is a nice and rare corndog.

now I imaging a person with a slowspeed taking it back and fourth over a bunch of corncob pipes. Then again I would assume burnishing a pipe is way different then a floor.

 

[metalheadycigarguy]

That's a nice collection. I don't smoke corn cob pipes much anymore, and only have 3 in my pipe collection currently, but I really like the look of those ones. I would definitely smoke those.

 

[Sam Whiskey]

Not seeing a model name in red letters, and given the dark burnishing, that pie is older than I thought. (I think.)

 

[Sam Whiskey]

now I imaging a person with a slowspeed taking it back and fourth over a bunch of corncob pipes. Then again I would assume burnishing a pipe is way different than a floor.

The filled and sanded bowls were placed on a spindle and turned while a block of cottonwood was held up against them until the friction generated enough heat to cause the brown coloration.