I've been working my way through the Basil Rathbone 'Sherlock Holmes' box set and note he frequently uses a calabash pipe. Are these any good? Does any one use one?
Its a funny looking thing.
Agree, that looks like a carved pipe made to look like a gourd. The seller is mostly selling the meershaum bowl. By the way, if you get a meershaum think about aging it properly. A very OCD friend of mine from MIT loved them and used to make a shammy leather pouch for a new one, open at top to allow for smoking. He would smoke it that way until the bowl took on a nice tan color. He insisted that keeping his fingers off the bowl until that happened allowed the bowl to cure and color evenly without skin oils from you hands interfering with it. As is said, he was very obsessive/compulsive.Chaps, do you think this is a good one?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....907049&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_5162wt_932
Congrats. If you need any information on cleaning or keeping it clean and fresh I'll be happy to provide information.
+1If it's not to much trouble, a stand alone post about this would be very informative.
Congrats. If you need any information on cleaning or keeping it clean and fresh I'll be happy to provide information.