Among the most exquisite and artistic smoking pipes are those embellished with magnificently carved bowls fashioned from meerschaum. The word ”meerschaum” is German in origin and means sea ...

We need hardly remark to our smoking readers—and their name is legion—that the high price of meerschaum pipes has 147 led to the introduction of many cheaper substitutes and imitations, some ...

If you ever made an attempt to color a meerschaum pipe you may have noticed that in your eagerness to paint it a beautiful brown you have filled it again and again immediately after smoking, and ...

It turns out that the history of pipe smoking goes back to ancient times and beyond. Pipes made of copper were among the afterlife accessories found in Egyptian tombs from as early as 2000 B.C.

Explorer Justin Fornal visits the land where his Turkish meerschaum pipe was quarried — and goes literally in depth to discover the magical connections of craftsmanship.

Material: While tobacco-specific pipes are made of briarwood, meerschaum, or corncob, ... Released for 4/20, the Vessel Pipe is a modern and minimalist take on the classic smoking pipe, ...

Question: I have a friend who collects smoking pipes, and l would like to give him a set of the pipes as a birthday gift several months from now.

Meerschaum Market Zeus Block Pipe with Custom Case 15098 $195 Editor’s note: The Green Man pipe is currently unavailable, but you can find many other pipes of mythological figures, like this ...

Since 1869, the Missouri Meerschaum Co. in Washington, Mo., has been making corncob pipes — in the same place, by the same process, by many of the same families.

Emanuel Palumbo reached into a large, silver mixing bowl and swirled together pipe tobacco with his hands. He smelled a pinch. Not quite right.“This is a very personal business,” says Palumbo ...