It just hit me that we are three days into March, and no one has made a Meerschaum post. So perhaps show off your wares and pipes of the day!!
Meerschaum March 2024!!!
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Totally forgot!
I didn't forget. I was just out of town. About to pack my first.
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Neglected to mention in my POTD post, the other part of my experiment is using a coloring bowl for the first time, to see if it makes a difference. They always seemed very unwieldy to me, and to be honest a bit unnecessary, but enough pipers whose opinions I respect claim they really work. So, I got the least obtrusive one I could find, but the tradeoff is that the bowl is naturally quite small. We'll see how this goes...
I am waiting to show off what I have in store for March when we have the zoom meet. It’s quite special and means a lot to me and it will be the first time I’m going to use it. I was my father’s and he gave it to me before he passed so I am a bit nervous to use it but can’t think of a better way to share it with everyone. I will post pictures after the meeting.
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My understanding is that the process with a coloring bowl is somewhat slower, but produces a much better distribution/even coloring.
I've been working on this Altinay for two years now. Tobacco has never touched her pristine bowl, only that filthy coloring bowl. That thing feels like it adds 12" of height to the pipe, yet it only holds a thimble full of tobacco. Worst idea ever, but I'm no quitter.
I can see that as being the case, but I'm not sure I have the patience for it.
Yeah, this bowl holds a ludicrously small amount of tobacco. I'm going to try to stick with it through this month - for science - but I am fairly certain that will be the end of the experiment.
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Kilroy6644
Smoking a corn dog in aviators and a top hat
I've got my eye on another one at a gift shop up the road. She's cleaning out somebody's house, and has an unsmoked meerschaum with a deer motif. I didn't see a maker. She was looking on eBay to see what they go for, and was shocked at how expensive they are. She said she was going to ask $80. If she still has it on Friday, I'm grabbing it.
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H. Cor Meer
Kilroy6644
Smoking a corn dog in aviators and a top hat
WCC Simple Red in this SMS
A few puffs of Sail Regular......
Utterly amazing, how people carve these pipes so beautifully.
Today I'm smoking some Stirling Flake mixed with Match Carter Hall in the Cavalier-themed meer Phil PIF'd me in December. I was going to share a pic, but it's easier for me to submit a pic while at work, and I'm not going in today. (Long story involving two flat tires yesterday, and I need to take a break anyhow.)
By the way, I tried loading the pipe using the Peterson Method. Not sure it works on non-System pipes, or maybe just not on this one.
Today I'm smoking some Stirling Flake mixed with Match Carter Hall in the Cavalier-themed meer Phil PIF'd me in December. I was going to share a pic, but it's easier for me to submit a pic while at work, and I'm not going in today. (Long story involving two flat tires yesterday, and I need to take a break anyhow.)
By the way, I tried loading the pipe using the Peterson Method. Not sure it works on non-System pipes, or maybe just not on this one.
The full collection of Meers, with the exception of a Mahogany Calabash that doesn't travel for the winter. You will see these throughout MMM. The two figural pipes were given me by @luvmysuper, for which I'm most grateful. The small Lattice Prince or Apple came to me in a lot I purchased from a colleague of mine five years ago or so. The pipe was previously owned by an old Episcopal priest friend of my colleague's. It is a no name and has seen a lot of action over the years. It still smokes just fine. The Falcon is self explanatory. The large pipe on the bottom right is one I carved from a kit my wife gave me around 45 years ago. It is named Jordan, after my son's late dog who, according to my son, tried to smoke it. Thus the replacement stem and tooth marks on the body of the pipe. The other three you've seen before and are my go to Meers. I don't relegate my meers to March alone, but smoke them throughout the year. I like the way they smoke!
Cult Blood Red Moon in a bent Falcon with a Meer Bowl, or as @Price quotes @jiminyshiznit:
The Meerluminum Falcon
For a split second, I thought that was your evening POTD formation!
I have to admit, I'm not much of a fan for the intricate carvings of peoples faces or animals or flowers...to me those are amazing to look at but to smoke one I'd be too afraid to break it.....the type of Meer's I have a soft spot for are the intricate lattice type carvings or totally smooth ones, those are the ones that are smokeable to me.
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