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<p>[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 348452, member: 55"]Actually, meerschaum does get a sticky feel when wet; that's one way to tell a real meerschaum from a resin fake (yes, meerschaum pipes are faked, though I doubt the fakes smoke very well.)</p><p>And meerschaum will get that glossy a finish; and color can comes from a coating of beeswax, which gives some color. Meerschaum pipes are often shaded by applying more coats of beeswax to areas that the maker wants to be darker.</p><p>My first thought was that this was meerschaum, and I have seen sculptures made of meerschaum, though of course one's first though is of course pipes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 348452, member: 55"]Actually, meerschaum does get a sticky feel when wet; that's one way to tell a real meerschaum from a resin fake (yes, meerschaum pipes are faked, though I doubt the fakes smoke very well.) And meerschaum will get that glossy a finish; and color can comes from a coating of beeswax, which gives some color. Meerschaum pipes are often shaded by applying more coats of beeswax to areas that the maker wants to be darker. My first thought was that this was meerschaum, and I have seen sculptures made of meerschaum, though of course one's first though is of course pipes.[/QUOTE]
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