Well what do you guys think? I have this refurbished Hilson pipe with it's original stem. I recently bought a stem on eBay for 1.25. It fits perfectly and is about 1 1/2 inches longer. Which do you prefer?...
The longer one, it enhances the look. However long stems should stay at home due to the likelyhood of breakage. The only longer pipe I take with me id my MM Cobbit Dwarf.
@Swmaples@pipeman83 Thanks for your input. I appreciate it. And thanks for the tip about long stem mobility @Woodsman I hadn't thought of that before. By doing what you suggested, I can use BOTH stems depending on where I am at the time. Thanks again guys...
I guess this question is for @PappyJoe, or any of y'all who are better informed than I am about meerschaums:
I was browsing eBay as I am wont to do and I encountered pipes described as not enchase or resin, but rather "black meerschaum."
Anyone have experience with or knowledge of this? A brief spin around the web rendered this: <<AFRICAN BLOCK MEERSCHAUM: comes from Tanzania, Africa and is usually stained in varying shades of brown, black and yellow.>> http://www.meerschaumstore.com/lopedia.htm
@motie2 - I've never heard of "black meerschaum." Meerschaum in its natural state is white or grayish white. I have seen meerschaum pipes that have been pre-stained brown and black. My USCG Meerschaum was pre-stained a light brown. The stain has actually faded somewhat over the past two years (I don't smoke it very often).
As for the listing on eBay, I would say in my experience the descriptions are inaccurate 75% of the time. Where it has "black meerschaum" may just be a typo and it should have read "block meerschaum."
@PappyJoe -- There's enogh references to "black merschaum" on the web (Google, Bing, etc.) that I think it's something other than a misspelling of "block." Maybe this is something new?
Pipestone, Minnesota takes its name from the abundance of local catlinite, which is traditionally used by various tribes of Plains Indians to craft ceremonial pipes. The catlinite quarry just north of Pipestone, now protected by the National Park Service as the Pipestone National Monument, has been called the “Crossroads of the Indian World” for its significance to so many tribes.
The town preserves its heritage at the Keepers of the Sacred Tradition of Pipemakers, a workshop founded by Native American artisans where traditional pipes are crafted. Finding the workshop is easy: Just keep an eye out for the gigantic red pipe on the front lawn, standing 30 feet tall, allegedly the largest in the world.
The giant pipe was independently conceived by two Lakota and one Anishinaabe local, who each had literal dreams of building a giant pipe to represent the connections of Plains Indians to the Pipestone quarry. They merged their aspirations into one and the pipe was installed in front of the Pipe Keepers’ building in 1999.
In the building itself, visitors can support traditional Native craft by purchasing or carving their own (regular-sized) pipes. The Keepers educate visitors on the history of nearby pipestone quarries and teach workshops on tribal culture using techniques passed down through generations.
Often mislabeled as a “peace pipe,” the Plains Indians’ ceremonial pipes are used for prayer as well as community building. It’s believed the smoke from the pipe delivers voices to the Great Spirit. The pipe itself is fashioned to honor different elements of the natural world, using stone to represent the earth and a carved buffalo and decorative feathers to represent animals.
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I was browsing eBay as I am wont to do and I encountered pipes described as not enchase or resin, but rather "black meerschaum."
Anyone have experience with or knowledge of this?
A brief spin around the web rendered this: <<AFRICAN BLOCK MEERSCHAUM: comes from Tanzania, Africa and is usually stained in varying shades of brown, black and yellow.>> http://www.meerschaumstore.com/lopedia.htm
As for the listing on eBay, I would say in my experience the descriptions are inaccurate 75% of the time. Where it has "black meerschaum" may just be a typo and it should have read "block meerschaum."
Maybe this is something new?
See http://www.pipes.org/forums/messages/23/82004.html?1270749476
or stuff like this, from SmokersHaven.com
As I said in my earlier post, I've personally have never heard of or seen black meerschaum.
Taking up the discussion from back a ways, I think the calabash is black colored while the bowl is meerschaum.
A friend in college had such a pipe, back in the day.........
About the subject matter of this ad, All I can say is NONONONONONONONONONON.
Those pipes are a travesty.....looks like a childs toy. I hope all is well my buddy. PLEASE do not smoke one of those pipes.
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Pipestone, Minnesota takes its name from the abundance of local catlinite, which is traditionally used by various tribes of Plains Indians to craft ceremonial pipes. The catlinite quarry just north of Pipestone, now protected by the National Park Service as the Pipestone National Monument, has been called the “Crossroads of the Indian World” for its significance to so many tribes.
The town preserves its heritage at the Keepers of the Sacred Tradition of Pipemakers, a workshop founded by Native American artisans where traditional pipes are crafted. Finding the workshop is easy: Just keep an eye out for the gigantic red pipe on the front lawn, standing 30 feet tall, allegedly the largest in the world.
The giant pipe was independently conceived by two Lakota and one Anishinaabe local, who each had literal dreams of building a giant pipe to represent the connections of Plains Indians to the Pipestone quarry. They merged their aspirations into one and the pipe was installed in front of the Pipe Keepers’ building in 1999.
In the building itself, visitors can support traditional Native craft by purchasing or carving their own (regular-sized) pipes. The Keepers educate visitors on the history of nearby pipestone quarries and teach workshops on tribal culture using techniques passed down through generations.
Often mislabeled as a “peace pipe,” the Plains Indians’ ceremonial pipes are used for prayer as well as community building. It’s believed the smoke from the pipe delivers voices to the Great Spirit. The pipe itself is fashioned to honor different elements of the natural world, using stone to represent the earth and a carved buffalo and decorative feathers to represent animals.