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.

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.

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

Since 1869, the Missouri Meerschaum Co. in Washington, Mo., has been making corncob pipes — in the same place, by the same process, by many of the same families.

Meerschaum pipes are a collector’s dream: Yenke Peddler antiques. Published: Nov. 14, 2019, 10:00 a.m. This soapstone figurine was created in Japan and dates to the 1920s.

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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

This article was originally published with the title “ Meerschaum and Its Manufacture into Pipes ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 94 No. 17 (April 1906), p. 348 doi:10.1038 ...