MBSD Meerschaum & J. Mouton “Premier Silver” (2/4) 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; a voluptuous egg in the mold of iconic post-war Danish designs, with an added reverse calabash system. As a Premier Silver, however, it features both a sterling silver army mount, as well as a hand cut German ebonite stem, tailor made by J. Mouton in Gueydan, Louisiana.

 

Details:

Length: 5.4″ / 137.1mm

Bowl Width: 0.84 / 21.33mm

Bowl Depth: 1.66″ / 42.16mm

Weight: 2.1oz / 62g