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Wondering about and looking at Meerschaum Pipes.....
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<blockquote data-quote="adauria" data-source="post: 31608" data-attributes="member: 193"><p>IMP and Altinok are both excellent choices (I have 2 new Altinok lattice pipes myself). I also have a CAO that's a good smoker. Baki is another good maker, though I think a notch more expensive than some of the others. Sinan Altinok is also a great guy to do business with.</p><p></p><p>Avoid cheap meers, especially on ebay. If they aren't block meers they will not smoke well, be as durable, or color properly.</p><p></p><p>I don't know what is too much to invest for your budget, but you should probably expect to spend $75 - 100 on a decent meer. A $20 ebay meer is not likely to be solid block meer and will ultimately be a poor choice.</p><p></p><p>Not everyone likes them, but certainly most pipers who try them do like them. Some of us fall in love with them. Their general properties (as compared to briar) are cool and dry smoking. The other thing about meers is that you really taste the tobacco, not the wood nor any ghosts (they don't generally ghost flavors). They also tend to have a more constrained draw due to the way the tenon-mortise has to be done on meers (I recommend make sure you get one with a push-pull tenon).</p><p></p><p>-Andrew</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="adauria, post: 31608, member: 193"] IMP and Altinok are both excellent choices (I have 2 new Altinok lattice pipes myself). I also have a CAO that's a good smoker. Baki is another good maker, though I think a notch more expensive than some of the others. Sinan Altinok is also a great guy to do business with. Avoid cheap meers, especially on ebay. If they aren't block meers they will not smoke well, be as durable, or color properly. I don't know what is too much to invest for your budget, but you should probably expect to spend $75 - 100 on a decent meer. A $20 ebay meer is not likely to be solid block meer and will ultimately be a poor choice. Not everyone likes them, but certainly most pipers who try them do like them. Some of us fall in love with them. Their general properties (as compared to briar) are cool and dry smoking. The other thing about meers is that you really taste the tobacco, not the wood nor any ghosts (they don't generally ghost flavors). They also tend to have a more constrained draw due to the way the tenon-mortise has to be done on meers (I recommend make sure you get one with a push-pull tenon). -Andrew [/QUOTE]
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