MBSD Meerschaum Deluxe Premier Sea Urchin Block Meerschaum Pipe, Briar-Mortise

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 aim to continue offering MBSD Meerschaum pipes with ebonite stems, by way of partnerships with more of our friends in the artisan pipe community. This sea urchin, inspired by those of Bill Taylor of Ashton pipes and Ian Walker of Northern Briars, features a hand-cut cumberland stem and an integral version of our patented Briar-Mortise. As mentioned in the handful of other Deluxe Premier pipes we’ve had in, these meerschaums continue to be subject to very limited availability, as the artisans we contract to cut stems for them already have busy schedules to follow.

 

Details:

Length: 6.5″ / 165.1mm

Bowl Width: 0.84 / 21.33mm

Bowl Depth: 1.55″ / 39.37mm

Weight: 2.4oz / 70g