@drac2485 One of my first pipes was/is an olive wood. It smokes a bit hotter for sure but not by much. It also seems a bit harder to build cake in as well. However, it does stand out among the rest of my briars and I am glad I have it in my collection!
A member of the New Orleans Pipe Club sells Morta pipes and they are pretty pipes and are reported to be great smokers like a meerschaum. I've always been concerned with the weight of a Morta as the one's I've picked up seem heavier than briars or meers.
@rubineby I think some one just started a discussion on that. But so far I think the consensus is they smoke a little hotter than normal but the Mr. Brog's are good little pipes.
I don't own a Morta yet, just haven't come across one that lights my fuse. Here are a couple of my Olivewood pipes. One is a Moretti Smooth Billiard Stack, and the other is an Il Duca Sandblasted Tomato. The Olivewood makes for a unique sandblast.
@xdutchx Those are both gorgeous pipes. I have two olivewood pipes I can't wait to smoke but as I have gotten more into smoking and slowing down quite a bit the size of them scare me. Both are Moretti Magnum pipes. The first is a poker with just over a 2 inch deep bowl and the other is a 3.5 inch deep bowl that has me scared, it also weighs enough to kill someone. If I choose to never smoke them they are both gorgeous will are happily displayed as part of my collection.
@drac2485, those are both gorgeous Moretti magnums, and would probably smoke Lat blends very well, with such large capacity bowls. I know that some are hesitant to buy pipes with large capacity bowls, but sometimes it never occurs to them, that it is not necessary to fill a bowl to the rim, in order for it to give a satisfactory smoke. In most cases, halfway full smokes just as well if not better.
I have been a fan of Marco's pipes for years. For the money, it is hard to beat the value of a Moretti. In Dr. Fred Hanna's book "The Perfect Smoke," he dedicates an entire chapter to discussing Marco's pipes. I believe the chapter is titled "More with Moretti."
@xdutchx I know I always forget that you don't have to load a full bowl to smoke it. I used to smoke so fast I preferred the biggest bowls I could find. I love Moretti pipes and have a few others and always am looking to add to my collection.
CONTEMPORARY MORTA POKER PIPE with STAINLESS STEEL CHURCHWARDEN STEM and ACRYLIC BIT Chamber = 28.15 mm width x 54.56 mm depth Length = 231.33 mm Color = Black and Gray Finish = Smooth Stem = Black Acrylic with White Dot Weight = 56.80 g
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I don't own a Morta yet, just haven't come across one that lights my fuse. Here are a couple of my Olivewood pipes. One is a Moretti Smooth Billiard Stack, and the other is an Il Duca Sandblasted Tomato. The Olivewood makes for a unique sandblast.
@drac2485, those are both gorgeous Moretti magnums, and would probably smoke Lat blends very well, with such large capacity bowls. I know that some are hesitant to buy pipes with large capacity bowls, but sometimes it never occurs to them, that it is not necessary to fill a bowl to the rim, in order for it to give a satisfactory smoke. In most cases, halfway full smokes just as well if not better.
I have been a fan of Marco's pipes for years. For the money, it is hard to beat the value of a Moretti. In Dr. Fred Hanna's book "The Perfect Smoke," he dedicates an entire chapter to discussing Marco's pipes. I believe the chapter is titled "More with Moretti."
Chamber = 28.15 mm width x 54.56 mm depth
Length = 231.33 mm
Color = Black and Gray
Finish = Smooth
Stem = Black Acrylic with White Dot
Weight = 56.80 g