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Same here - just sent an email - Have a great day! Norman

He was a fine gentleman!

I treat my pipes as the artworks that they are.  never get them wet or marked by rain spots, never ding or scratch or drop them.  I do use the hell out of them and you can see that they do get smoked and not some museum pieces.  i clean them and am anal about using cleaners more than most.  I...

Just received emails from Bahadir and also tekin himself and the 4 noggins pipes are the gold series by tekin the meerschaumstore is also another place represented by these two gentleman. I hope this helps out!

I need to get another 12 if not 25 tins asap.

Did I hear Gaslight?  :D :D :D :D :D :D 

I noticed that too! I agree!

for a good plain meer check out 4 noggins. altinok is also a great place to look! direct from Turkey!

just wanted to add not wanting to slander or badmouth anyway - just passing on the gist of a situation and also wnat to make sure none of the brothers get stiffed or less than stellar stuff.

I see an st and then numbers on his pipes. Be sure it is not storient in disguise. I have heard plenty of bad things and experiences about dealing with him a year ago before he went underground.

Bents - i always had nothing but bents but for some reason and also due to the specific pipe and artist - I have a couple of straight on pipes. a couple of partial bents. But I gravitate to and love those bents.

nice pipe!

Wow! i agree - love that churchwarden!!!! beautiful!

Thank you for your comments.  :) 

One final update: Bowls 35, 36, and 47 started shine. I am over the hurdle and maybe another 10 bowls and it should be a magnificent pipe. The point of this thread was not to bash the pipemaker. That is why I did not mention him by name. but if this pipe was so bad to start and the coating...