Unsmoked hand carved meerschaum churchwarden pipe, completely made from block.

Description

Rare unsmoked hand carved meerschaum churchwarden pipe, completely made from block(including long stem), with case.
Case:20.5L, 4.5 W, 3.5 H; Pipe: 19L, 3.5 W, 2.5H; Pipe & Case: .9 lb; Pipe: .3lb/.20 kg.
Small blemish due to porousness, which will gradually meld into the developing color of the pipe as it is smoked more and more.
A
meerschaum pipe
is a smoking pipe made from the mineral sepiolite, also known as meerschaum.
Meerschaum is a very rare mineral, a kind of hard white clay.
Meerschaum is one of the most naturally porous substances in the world, which makes it perfect for pipes a sit
absorbs the tars, oils, and nicotine in tobacco
. This allows for a cool, dry, flavorful smoke that most smokers would say is unparalleled.
When smoked, meerschaum pipes will gradually turn incremental shades of yellow, orange, red, and amber from the base on up.
The first recorded use of meerschaum for making pipes was around 1723.
Unlike briar, meerschaum does not burn. Meerschaum pipes do not need pre-smoking to have a good quality performance. You can get perfect satisfaction with the very first smoking. Unlike a briar pipe, which must be dried after each smoke, the meerschaum can be smoked many times a day because of its absorbing qualities.
A
churchwarden pipe
is a tobacco pipe with along stem. The long stem serves
to keep smoke and heated tobacco away from the face and allow for unimpeded views
. Long pipes also, and more importantly, allow for a cooler smoke.
Churchwarden pipes were reputedly named after churchwardens who used to put their pipes' long stem out of church windows so they could smoke in church.
In German
the style is referred to as "Lesepfeife" or "reading pipe", presumably because the longer stem allowed an unimpeded view of one's book, and smoke does not form near the reader's eyes, allowing one to look down.
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