This is a genuine block meerschaum, not a cheap imitation made from a mixture of meerschaum dust and adhesives. Meerschaum is a very rare mineral, a kind of hard white clay. Light and porous structure of the block meerschaum keeps the smoke cool and soft. Because of this peculiarity, meerschaum pipes slowly change their colors to different tones of gold and dark brown. This adds an aesthetic enjoyment to its great smoking pleasure. The longer a pipe is smoked the more valuable it becomes due to the color change. Today many old and rare meerschaums have found a permanent place in museums and private collections. Turkish meerschaum is very well known by experts. Unlike briar, meerschaum does not burn. Meerschaum pipes do not need pre-smoking to have a good quality performance. You can get perfect satisfaction with the very first smoking. The stems are made of lucite and they are attached to the shank with a pair of push-pull tenon/mortise connectors.
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