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Post by crapgame on Oct 17, 2017 13:49:08 GMT -5
I have more meers than any other type of pipe in my collection and all smoke quite well. I dont smoke them nearly as much as my briars or cobs but I really enjoy them when I want a long thoughtful smoke.
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Post by Darin on Oct 17, 2017 14:48:03 GMT -5
Funny thing about my Meers ... I reserve them for special smokes. I'm not sure how or why this started but I only own three of them and one remains unsmoked to this day. Perhaps it's their delicate nature and my propensity to break things.  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2017 14:59:15 GMT -5
Lat sings in meers the same way Burley does in cobs for me. I have eight meers - three Baki, three Altinok and two IMP. Economics on meer are completely reverse to briars - Go straight to the top and never look back.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2017 15:32:13 GMT -5
How about indifferent? They never quite click with me and I am always aware that I am smoking out of stone.
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Post by Darin on Oct 17, 2017 15:37:38 GMT -5
I like to think of it as millions of tiny, ancient crustaceans.
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Post by Ronv69 on Oct 17, 2017 16:01:07 GMT -5
I have a half dozen meers. I don't smoke them much. No complaints, I guess I just prefer briar.
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Post by JimInks on Oct 17, 2017 16:04:19 GMT -5
I have 13 meers which I mostly use for aros, reviewing, and English blends. I prefer briars.
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Post by oldcajun123 on Oct 17, 2017 16:05:15 GMT -5
 Love my Old Man. |
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Post by oldcajun123 on Oct 17, 2017 16:07:39 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2017 16:13:00 GMT -5
How about indifferent? They never quite click with me and I am always aware that I am smoking out of stone. Does your indifference rise to the level of ambiguously ambivalent or ambivalently ambiguous? |
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Post by peteguy on Oct 17, 2017 16:15:42 GMT -5
Love my 3
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Post by peterd-Buffalo Spirit on Oct 18, 2017 9:00:44 GMT -5
...I go through "cycles"...every few months or so...don't smoke them anywhere except the house or to select Pow Wows I attend...and because of their nature I am more careful with them than any other pipe...I own 25 or so...
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Post by sparks on Oct 18, 2017 10:10:45 GMT -5
I'm not much into figural or artistic pipes. Considering my simple tastes, most if not all meers do not appeal to me.
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Post by papipeguy on Oct 18, 2017 10:18:24 GMT -5
These are my 2 Pioneer meers and the only ones I have. I can't remember smoking the calabash in the past 20 years and I rarely smoke the black meer. Nothing wrong with them, I just never reach for them.  |
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Post by crapgame on Oct 18, 2017 10:26:01 GMT -5
I love the calabash!
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Post by kraken on Oct 18, 2017 10:33:39 GMT -5
I only have one and it's not a Baki. But I agree with 10furlongs that Latakia blends taste the best in it. I like smoking it but I need a nicer one. I think I'll be more into meers when I finally get a Baki.
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Post by PhantomWolf on Oct 18, 2017 11:01:41 GMT -5
As 'Sparks' said, I'm not into the huge funhouse aspect of meerschaums, nor could I smoke from a pipe fashioned after a skull, claw, or Turkish man's head in public without feeling like a complete fool. All that aside, I do enjoy the look of meerschaums made in the traditional pipe shapes and look forward to owning one at some point. I'll probably start with a meerschaum-lined briar or a calabash.
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Post by trailboss on Oct 18, 2017 14:04:24 GMT -5
I have several meers from meer lined bulldogs to really old smooth apples, golf dimpled billiard, to antique bent, Astro Humgarian, figural, Calabash...love them all, they are all very good smokers.
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Post by crapgame on Oct 18, 2017 18:52:55 GMT -5
Me and my obnoxious meer  |
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Post by PhantomWolf on Oct 18, 2017 19:05:43 GMT -5
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Post by crapgame on Oct 18, 2017 19:25:03 GMT -5
Massive
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Post by scrooge on Oct 18, 2017 19:36:58 GMT -5
Funny I saw this thread. Just gave away 5 meers on another forum. A pay forward thing. Some one should start one here.
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Post by crapgame on Oct 18, 2017 19:47:17 GMT -5
Massive
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Post by kraken on Oct 18, 2017 20:27:50 GMT -5
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Post by craigmillar on Oct 18, 2017 22:50:57 GMT -5
I love them smoking a Laxey right now with some War Horse Green.
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Post by Robert Perkins on Oct 19, 2017 6:03:38 GMT -5
I love meers, especially the intricately carved ones. I love the artistry involved.
And every time I smoke one of my treasured meers, I find myself imagining the talented craftsman in Turkey or wherever as he carved my meer and wondering if he was imagining me as he made it.
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Post by crapgame on Oct 19, 2017 8:55:47 GMT -5
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Post by PhantomWolf on Oct 19, 2017 10:41:09 GMT -5
I know Bacchus is the standard, but I wonder if I could get one of Dionysus? He's more of a party animal.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2017 17:26:17 GMT -5
My ambivalence may be due to having no better than mid-grade (CAO, SMS, Figurals) pipes. For those really into meerschaum, top tier does seem to be the ne plus ultra, but by the same token that strikes me as the equivalent of saying you can't really enjoy a smoke in briar if your not invested in Dunhill or higher.
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