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Wondering about and looking at Meerschaum Pipes.....
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<blockquote data-quote="mark" data-source="post: 31687" data-attributes="member: 376"><p>It's a very dry and cool smoke,,,,the bowl absorbs the moisture and the smoke has time to expand and cool in the gourd,,,,they've become expensive lately and several companies offer a calabash mounted in mahogany ,,,,can't say how they smoke, but I have a Big Ben briar/calabash with a pressed meer bowl and it smokes fine,,,,,,so maybe the gourd isn't essential, just traditional,,,,,,I purchased a calabash bowl to replace in a broken friends pipe and was told it was pressed meer cause Turkey won't allow just the bowls out of the country, only completed pipes, but it smokes fine, ,,,as far a Baki pipes go, I just sent for a canadian pot from them,,,should be here next week and I'll let you know how it smokes,,,,,</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mark, post: 31687, member: 376"] It's a very dry and cool smoke,,,,the bowl absorbs the moisture and the smoke has time to expand and cool in the gourd,,,,they've become expensive lately and several companies offer a calabash mounted in mahogany ,,,,can't say how they smoke, but I have a Big Ben briar/calabash with a pressed meer bowl and it smokes fine,,,,,,so maybe the gourd isn't essential, just traditional,,,,,,I purchased a calabash bowl to replace in a broken friends pipe and was told it was pressed meer cause Turkey won't allow just the bowls out of the country, only completed pipes, but it smokes fine, ,,,as far a Baki pipes go, I just sent for a canadian pot from them,,,should be here next week and I'll let you know how it smokes,,,,, [/QUOTE]
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