What Are You Smoking March 2020
Calabashin’ some Watch City Cigar Spill’sbane
“Nowhere in the world will such a brotherly feeling of confidence be experienced as amongst those who sit together smoking their pipes.”
- The Results and Merits of Tobacco, 1844, Doctor Barnstein
- The Results and Merits of Tobacco, 1844, Doctor Barnstein
so is the whole thing made out of meerschaum? why is it orange?
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insufferable filter guy
insufferable filter guy
An oddly-carved gourd. Barely smoked when I got it from eBay and no maker’s marks though it appears quite similar to the Pioneer’s I’ve seen. Certainly gourd though - by weight and texture and smell? But really. Bought a new meerschaum insert from Meer-queen and removed lots of oxidation from the collar and stem. Smokes like a champ. It does need a replacement cork liner but I’ve been to frivolous to fork out $15 for a sheet of cork that I have exactly one use for
“Nowhere in the world will such a brotherly feeling of confidence be experienced as amongst those who sit together smoking their pipes.”
- The Results and Merits of Tobacco, 1844, Doctor Barnstein
- The Results and Merits of Tobacco, 1844, Doctor Barnstein
orange is likely due to the filters I used. But it is fairly orange - I think there’s a kind of lacquer applied to the gourd
“Nowhere in the world will such a brotherly feeling of confidence be experienced as amongst those who sit together smoking their pipes.”
- The Results and Merits of Tobacco, 1844, Doctor Barnstein
- The Results and Merits of Tobacco, 1844, Doctor Barnstein
so it is actualy a gourd that is hollowed out, then a shaped meershcaum bowl is inserted, and finished...
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insufferable filter guy
insufferable filter guy
