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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...

Finally a breakthrough on bowl 24 or 25. Just did 2 bowls this A.M. with a pot of coffee and I finally taste the incredible tobacco - bottom 1/4 a bit sketchy yet - but forward progress is made. This should work out nicely. in 46 years of pipe smoking I have never experienced this situation...

Phew! THAT IS Wild!. Thank you for the pic.

Good for you!

How is your Askwith? do you have a morta? I always wanted one.

Re: the mention of Tobacco being an issue. I have smoked the smae batch of tobacco in other pipes with the rich taste and consistent taste and aroma. this one pipe though... so you can rule out thetobacco variable. Just went out and did a bowl in this specific pipe which was all cleaned and...