MBSD Meerschaum & J. Mouton “Premier Deluxe” (3/4) 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 this very limited run, the latter have been cut and fitted by none other than J. Mouton, an American artisan and one of the most respected and sought-after pipe makers working today. In total, four MBSD Meerschaum Premiers have been made, one for each year since MBSD Meerschaum was first conceived.

As with each of the MBSD Meerschaum & J. Mouton collaborations, this is one of our best-selling models; in this instance, a swan neck billiard in the vein of the old Dunhill LC shapes, lightly rusticated to mimic the craggy sandblasts of early briars. As a Premier Deluxe variant, however, it features both our patented, extra durable Briar-Mortise, and a hand cut German ebonite stem, tailor made by J. Mouton in Gueydan, Louisiana. This pipe comes with a shorter, spare acrylic stem for situations where such might be more desirable.

 

Details:

Length: 6″ / 152.4mm

Bowl Width: 0.77 / 19.55mm

Bowl Depth: 1.85″ / 46.99mm

Weight: 1.6oz / 50g