Meerschaum is a natural material mined as stone from areas in Northern Africa. Formed over 150 million years ago from sedimentary deposits of extinct crustaceans, it is very porous and light in weight, but when crafted by the only converters in the world outside Turkey, it has the qualities of providing the coolest, driest smoke obtainable. Over the passage of time, the bowl absorbs moisture from the burning tobacco and mellows in colour to shades of autumn gold. One other advantage is that it never burns, thereby ensuring that only tobacco flavours reach the tongue of the user. Our selection of Creamy Gold through to Polished Russet, mounted Black Coral and special hand carved silver mounted pipes provides you with the coolest smoking Somalian Meerschaums available in the world today - at a very competitive price.
Meerschaum lined pipes are produced in Northern Italy created from crushed Meerschaum stone which is then compressed into a dense block. The block is then placed inside a Mediterranean Briar bowl, after which the tobacco chamber is bored out, leaving a cool absorbent lining that protects the briar from carbonising and helps to avoid burn-out, even when smoking plug, twist or coarse flaked tobaccos. Available in handsomely polished Tiger-Eye range or the rugged Knurl Carved range - whichever you choose, you will enjoy the coolest, driest smoking experience.
The Legacy range was introduced a while back as a means to satisfy those smoking friends who preferred a "harder bite" stem for their pipes. The traditional benefits of the standard smoking pipe (variety, size and mouthpiece variation) are just as desirable today as they have ever been. The challenge was to combine these elements with all the advantages of the 'Magic Inch' system - and not to lose anything in the new design. At the same time, the desire to improve the Magic Inch system, based on years of knowledge and testing, created a second, more difficult challenge. The extent to which this challeng has been met can be dramatically demonstrated by the first bowl you smoke. Smoothness, flavour, comfort and quality are undeniably there.
From Laxey Pipes in the Isle of Man come one of our most popular pipe ranges. A developement in quality pipe finishes painstakingly developed with E. A. Carey in three styles - Full Bent, Billiard and Oom Paul shape with saddle stem in a gleaming polished finish that will last and last.
From one of Italy's master pipe makers comes the Verline series of Matt Black Hand Etched Briars. These "want to hold it" pipes are enhanced with a lucite insert between two brass bands making it an extremely handsome pipe.
A range of very popular "short smoke" pipes which are on average less than 30 grams in weight. Available in two finishes, rustic or polished.
The Classical Gleaming Featherlight series of six traditional bowl shapes and styles, impeccably shaped in the London tradition from top quality close grained Briar, then polished 5 times to bring out the subtle and natural figuring, averaging just over 30 grams in weight with regular sized tobacco chambers.
Briar wood, hand carved with the Bushel basket look of yesteryear, polished in a way to accentuate the highlights of the carving - the texture also adds to the cool feel of the bowl.
An ever-popular range from our sister company in the USA is hand carved from quality European Briar by craftswomen from an Oklahoma sect of North American Indians, providing just the right combination of appearance and style, as rich black flames flicker against the smooth suntan finish. A truly handsome range.
From Northern Italy, a traditionally rustic decoration of Italian Briar providing a very good value for money pipe for the traditionalist.
