MBSD Meerschaum Deluxe Premier Cherrywood w/ Ebonite Block Meerschaum Pipe, New

Description

I’ve always said that, of all the pipes we sell, I’m proudest of our meerschaum pipes. Enlisting the finest carvers from Türkiye’s meerschaum powerhouse Eskişehir, and working solely with high-grade meerschaum blocks, MBSD Meerschaum has been even more successful than even I—captivated as I was with my initial “pipe dream”—had imagined. But in the years since there has been a project in the back of my mind that I have not had the chance to realize: a collaboration between “East” and “West,” so to speak. While Türkiye has the world’s best meerschaum carvers, the world’s best stem cutters are found in a more global community, one whose primary medium is not meerschaum, but briar. This is the essence of the MBSD Meerschaum Premier: combining high-grade, Turkish meerschaum bowls with equally high-grade, hand-cut ebonite stems.

For the first run of the MBSD Premier, we enlisted American artisan J. Mouton to cut the stems required for these special meerschaums. Given the success of that run, we’ve been aiming to continue offering MBSD Meerschaum pipes with ebonite stems, by way of partnerships with more of our friends in the artisan pipe community. For this latest batch, we asked another great American artisan and personal friend of ours, Tim Beaumont, if he would do the honors.

For this very modern take on the traditional cherrywood, Beaumont has custom fitted a hand-cut stem from high-grade black ebonite, making an already easy-going clencher even more of a comfortable smoker. As this is a Deluxe Premier, the pipe also features our patented Briar-Mortise to ensure extra longevity in the fitment between shank and stem.

Details:

Length: 5.5″ / 139.7mm

Bowl Width: 0.80 / 20.32mm

Bowl Depth: 1.78″ / 45.21mm

Weight: 1.4oz / 42g