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Post by That Falls Guy on Jan 14, 2018 20:17:01 GMT -5
Personally, I don't care for them. IMHO, the meerschaum tends to be just a barrier between itself and an inferior briar bowl, just as some of the leather clad bowls provide protection to bad bowls. Often, the liner is cracked.
How do other fellow members feel about these? Agree or disagree, or somewhere in between?
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Post by dervis on Jan 14, 2018 20:30:18 GMT -5
I have one. A Savenelli billard. Ebay estate. Smokes just fine, just something about it I dont like.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2018 20:55:14 GMT -5
I have 3. A Sav, Jeantet, and Genod. No complaints other than a Meer lined pipe seems to generate more shank crud.
They look really sharp when new and I think that accounts for some sales. I noticed that SP Estates likes to promote them as burnout proof.
I have also noted over the years that the Dr Grabow Meer Lined manufactured in Italy, are held in good regard.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2018 20:59:54 GMT -5
I bought a new one, Bent Pot, from Tinderbox about thirty years ago. I loved the wide chamber and it smoked to perfection every time. Since then I have two more New/Old TB MLined. One cracked at the bottom of the bowl after a few smokes. The other is fine, but nothing to write home about. If I found a bent pot ML I might try one again, only if the chamber is wide
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Post by trailboss on Jan 14, 2018 21:05:02 GMT -5
I don't search them out, but I obtained a Dublin estate pipe where due to a band repair, all that is showing are the words gold, London, England...it smokes very well...very cool, and doesn't gurgle, the drilling is spot on. It won't win any beauty contests, but it does what it is suppose to do.
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Post by peterd-Buffalo Spirit on Jan 14, 2018 21:10:28 GMT -5
...no real interest in them at all...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2018 21:13:39 GMT -5
I had one for a couple smokes a few years ago. It’s not in the rack this evening.
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Post by JimInks on Jan 14, 2018 21:13:53 GMT -5
I bought one back in '79 from the Tinderbox. It's an okay smoker, but not a favorite by any means.
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Post by slowroll on Jan 14, 2018 21:16:28 GMT -5
I'm with Peterd . I actually don't care for meers much at all. I have a beautiful one these 35 years, and in only smoke it because I should. It seems to me that meers absorb the flavor and make for a bland smoke. I may be F'up, but that's what i find. Nothing like a good briar. I actually prefer a cob to a meer.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2018 22:43:56 GMT -5
I'm with Peterd . I actually don't care for meers much at all. I have a beautiful one these 35 years, and in only smoke it because I should. It seems to me that meers absorb the flavor and make for a bland smoke. I may be F'up, but that's what i find. Nothing like a good briar. I actually prefer a cob to a meer. [br Meerschaum or meer lined? I like my meers, smoke Lat cool and dry. Meer lined, not so much. |
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Post by slowroll on Jan 14, 2018 23:51:59 GMT -5
I'm with Peterd . I actually don't care for meers much at all. I have a beautiful one these 35 years, and in only smoke it because I should. It seems to me that meers absorb the flavor and make for a bland smoke. I may be F'up, but that's what i find. Nothing like a good briar. I actually prefer a cob to a meer. [br Meerschaum or meer lined? I like my meers, smoke Lat cool and dry. Meer lined, not so much. Full meers, and i have a meer bowl calabash that strikes me the same way. I dont have any meer lined. I find them too be not bad smokes, just bland. |
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Post by steveinny on Jan 15, 2018 2:30:41 GMT -5
I'm with Peterd . I actually don't care for meers much at all. I have a beautiful one these 35 years, and in only smoke it because I should. It seems to me that meers absorb the flavor and make for a bland smoke. I may be F'up, but that's what i find. Nothing like a good briar. I actually prefer a cob to a meer. I agree with slowroll. I was gifted a beautiful solid block meerschaum Claw. Tobacco just tastes better in a well seasoned briar or one my my beloved cobs. There is an added richness to the smoke that meerschaums just do not exhibit. |
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Post by JimInks on Jan 15, 2018 3:49:14 GMT -5
I'm with Peterd . I actually don't care for meers much at all. I have a beautiful one these 35 years, and in only smoke it because I should. It seems to me that meers absorb the flavor and make for a bland smoke. I may be F'up, but that's what i find. Nothing like a good briar. I actually prefer a cob to a meer. I agree with slowroll. I was gifted a beautiful solid block meerschaum Claw. Tobacco just tastes better in a well seasoned briar or one my my beloved cobs. There is an added richness to the smoke that meerschaums just do not exhibit. I have always preferred briars over anything else, though I have my share of cobs and meers. |
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Post by slowroll on Jan 15, 2018 12:33:36 GMT -5
Glad to see that I'm not an oddity (well, about this,anyway), with you distinguished gents also finding similar effects. Love a good briar. Gotta love whoever discovered gruyere as an ideal pipe material. Kinda like the guy that first figured out that truffles were good with beef. Glad briar isn't as expensive as truffles.
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