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I know some of you guys have been eagerly awaiting news of the outcome of my second meerschaum pipe project, and first fitted case, so here she is!

This billiard has a blue Cumberland stem with push tenon and Delrin lined mortise. The fitted case is lined in velvet and wrapped in genuine leather with hand made brass hardware.

Sweet.

What's the case structural material?

Also, did you cut down a bigger pipe or something? I thought raw meer wasn't available outside Turkey.

Wow, that's beautiful work. You made that hinge?!

LatakiaLover wrote: I thought raw meer wasn't available outside Turkey.

that was my thoughts exactly...


Walt, I am blown away man! it is extremely cool! looks like you took a wood block, roughly cut out the pipe shape, lined it with felt. then wrapped the leather and tacked it in the seems? still unsure how you did the brass hardware!

the pipe itself is super cool. WHY did you decide to try and suede blast it? I thought the suede blast only works because of the unique micro fibers of the burl?!

regardless. Dats cool shit, right 'der

Evan

LatakiaLover wrote:Sweet.

What's the case structural material?

Also, did you cut down a bigger pipe or something? I thought raw meer wasn't available outside Turkey.

Somewhere along the line, I got the impression that meer cases were made from paper mache... I tried that, it didn't turn out so well. In desperation, I sacrificed a CAO meerschaum case to dissection and discovered that its guts were made of balsa. Lemme tell ya, after years of hacking away at briar, balsa cuts like hot butter! So, the structural material is balsa!

The stummel is cut from raw block. It's not supposed to be available outside of Turkey, but...

wisemanpipes wrote: WHY did you decide to try and suede blast it?

What are you talking about? I didn't...

Also, I noticed it isn't listed on your site. Too new for that, or was it already sold so there was no point?

sorry walt! I swear I didn't mean to offend or anything. you posted another meer on IG and it looked a million times shinier. is this a matte finish? I just thought you quickly suede blasted it... my bad

also it just seemed like there was a ring of smooth meer near the stem like you do when you blast.

LatakiaLover wrote:Also, I noticed it isn't listed on your site. Too new for that, or was it already sold so there was no point?

Already sold...

But I do plan on putting up a separate section for meers on my site, including a gallery of sold pipes, with progress shots of each pipe. I won't be making very many of them (it's not like the material grows on trees ), so each one will be numbered consecutively and each one will be something special. I want their eventual owners to be able to go on the site and look up their pipe to see the creation process... maybe browse the pics while they smoke it!

wisemanpipes wrote:sorry walt! I swear I didn't mean to offend or anything. you posted another meer on IG and it looked a million times shinier. is this a matte finish? I just thought you quickly suede blasted it... my bad

also it just seemed like there was a ring of smooth meer near the stem like you do when you blast.

Hmm... maybe I didn't have my lighting adjusted properly to catch the reflections...?

That little ring is ivory acrylic. When the meer starts to color up, it will create a nice little surprise accent!

Very slick ! Thats a lot of extra stuff, I assume you're going to ask some real money for that joker !
I have 2 blocks I got awhile back. Wish I had 200, it is marvelous stuff to work with.

That is stunning. The case itself is amazing.


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Awesome stuff Walt! Nice to see the finished product.

Walt, you are more handy than a pocket on a shirt.

Well done. I am impressed.

Very cool.

andrew

I already said it on facebook, but let me repeat it here - I love this pipe.
The pipe collector inside me (which has been dormant for some time since I get more satisfaction from creating beautiful pipes than from spending money on enlarging my collection) has a serious pipe boner for this piece.
Classical shape, artisan grade craftsmanship and engineering, fitted case, ebonite mouthpiece, all these elements together make this a perfect meerschaum pipe for me.
Awesome, trule awesome.

Very classy looking piece, Walt. One to be proud of for sure. Well done.

Stunning, Walt!

A great job, congratulations.
Best regards.
Félix

Un magnífico trabajo; enhorabuena.
Saludos.
Félix

Really a step above. Nicely done Walt

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