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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 353820, member: 5833"]Thank you both for observations & comments. This is my third start at a reply. Did some more looking on line at both briar & meerschaum pipes. Visually, this one definitely much more like vintage/antique meerschaum. Have never handled genuine meerschaum, so don't know how it would compare on other properties. Know it is very light, never imagined it could be as light as this; the case weighs more.</p><p><br /></p><p>It shows the tool marks of the carver, so think it is not clay & surely hope it is not asbestos!</p><p><br /></p><p>The main thing that really puzzles me is how warm it is, even when first picked up, much more like wood than like clay or any kind of stone with which I have any familiarity. I keep examining places where it has chipped or is unpolished. Material exposed in chipped spots is almost like a cookie/biscuit in texture.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have lost the light for any more photos today. If I can get any that do a better job of conveying the texture, will add them. Meanwhile, you might find it amusing to <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=azIMAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA26&lpg=PA26&dq=meerschaum+specific+density&source=bl&ots=4be_0ILNnb&sig=kD2H77daEM5znbonTN_Gl3oyfmA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwitnarx8rXaAhWo4IMKHUcDBzQQ6AEIczAG#v=onepage&q=meerschaum%20specific%20density&f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.com/books?id=azIMAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA26&lpg=PA26&dq=meerschaum+specific+density&source=bl&ots=4be_0ILNnb&sig=kD2H77daEM5znbonTN_Gl3oyfmA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwitnarx8rXaAhWo4IMKHUcDBzQQ6AEIczAG#v=onepage&q=meerschaum%20specific%20density&f=false" rel="nofollow">get a whiff of this</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 353820, member: 5833"]Thank you both for observations & comments. This is my third start at a reply. Did some more looking on line at both briar & meerschaum pipes. Visually, this one definitely much more like vintage/antique meerschaum. Have never handled genuine meerschaum, so don't know how it would compare on other properties. Know it is very light, never imagined it could be as light as this; the case weighs more. It shows the tool marks of the carver, so think it is not clay & surely hope it is not asbestos! The main thing that really puzzles me is how warm it is, even when first picked up, much more like wood than like clay or any kind of stone with which I have any familiarity. I keep examining places where it has chipped or is unpolished. Material exposed in chipped spots is almost like a cookie/biscuit in texture. I have lost the light for any more photos today. If I can get any that do a better job of conveying the texture, will add them. Meanwhile, you might find it amusing to [URL='https://books.google.com/books?id=azIMAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA26&lpg=PA26&dq=meerschaum+specific+density&source=bl&ots=4be_0ILNnb&sig=kD2H77daEM5znbonTN_Gl3oyfmA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwitnarx8rXaAhWo4IMKHUcDBzQQ6AEIczAG#v=onepage&q=meerschaum%20specific%20density&f=false']get a whiff of this[/URL].[/QUOTE]
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