Intricate hand carved meerschaum pipes

Each pipe is 6.5 to 7 inches long and has a 2 inch wide bowl that is 2 inches tall

several to choose from

eagle claw $35.00 sultan $35.00 indian chief $35.00 large eagle claw Intricate $40.00

Why Meerschaum Pipes?

Meerschaum is a light-weight stone; this gives you a very light pipe to hold in your mouth or in your hand. The weight difference is noticable when compared to similar sized briar pipes.

Meerschaum is a porous material; this feature will give you a much cleaner smoke since tars and other undesireable by-products of burning tobacco leaves are absorbed by the stone.

Meerschaum colors as it is used; as the tars and other byproducts are absorbed by the stone, they are drawn to the surface by the beeswax coating which colors the stone over time.

Meerschaum imparts no flavor on your tobacco; if you are testing a new tobacco or want to really know what a particular blend tastes like, there is nothing like a Meerschaum pipe to "speak the truth" rather than adding it's own taste and aroma to the mix like briar or other woods will

Meerschaum won't burn; since there is no chance of burning your pipe you don't need to create a cake of carbon on the inside of the bowl to protect it. This allows you to smoke many types of tobaccos in your pipe without worry about "polluting the cake" and muddling the taste/aroma of your fine tobaccos.

Meerschaum has been called Venus of the Sea, White Goddess and White Gold and is considered the aristocrat of smoking substances. Long before briar was used in the production of pipes for smoking tobacco, meerschaum was the material of choice for the finest pipes in the world. And it still is!

We are offering for sale the world's finest hand-carved Meershaum pipes direct from our workshop and master carvers in and around Eskisehir, Turkey (where the world's finest raw Meerschaum comes from). IK Meerschaum has been importing Meerschaum pipes and other Meerschaum products for over 30 years now and intend to continue this tradition well into the future online and through our local retailers who carry our pipes.

Since every Meerschaum pipe is hand-carved, you will end up with a work of art that you can be proud to hand down from generation to generation. If you are interested in learning more about the composition of Meerschaum pipes it is hydrous magnesium silicate, an opoaque white-grey or cream-colored mineral in the soapstone family. It's generally accepted chemical makeup is written as H4Mg;Si30 ,o, 3S .O^MgO^H^O, 2MgO, S,0;-14H20 or Mg4(H;0)3(OH),SitO,5-3H;0