Among the most exquisite and artistic smoking pipes are those embellished with magnificently carved bowls fashioned from meerschaum. The word ”meerschaum” is German in origin and means sea ...

“ Missouri Meerschaum is a corn cob pipe company that’s been in business continuously for 150 years,” said Phil Morgan, general manager of Missouri Meerschaum Company.

If you ever made an attempt to color a meerschaum pipe you may have noticed that in your eagerness to paint it a beautiful brown you have filled it again and again immediately after smoking, and ...

Frederick J. Kaldenberg, one of the leading men in the meerschaum-pipe trade, made an assignment yesterday, without preference, to Henry C. Euler.

While pipe smoking has long since given way to cigars and cigarettes, there are still aficionados. ... but those were supplanted by meerschaum, a soft clay, in the early 18th century.

Meerschaum Market Zeus Block Pipe with Custom Case 15098. $195 Editor’s note: The Green Man pipe is currently unavailable, but you can find many other pipes of mythological figures, ...

Missouri Meerschaum Company is keeping the magic of corn cob pipes alive, even using a heritage corn hybrid dating back to the 1900s. The big cob creates the perfect pith for making pipes.

Various materials were used to make mid-millennium pipes, including chalk and even iron, but those were supplanted by meerschaum, a soft clay, in the early 18th century.

MO Meerschaum Pipe Company. Clip: Season 2 Episode 2 | 5m 50s | Video has closed captioning. The Missouri Meerschaum Company is the world’s oldest and largest manufacturer of cool, sweet ...

Material: While tobacco-specific pipes are made of briarwood, meerschaum, or corncob, the other kind of pipes are typically made of glass, ceramic, or metal. Glass is the most common, ...

Meerschaum is lightweight, porous, and heat-resistant, making it ideal for tobacco pipes. But it has been mined for centuries, limiting the supply.

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