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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;all_fakes, post: 160827, member: 55&quot;]I agree that it is not as well-carved as some - but it is hand-carved. </p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Also, in the past, it was possible for amateurs to buy block meerschaum and carve a pipe for themselves, so it may not be made by any well-known maker.</p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp; I don&#039;t know when the supply dried up, but I&#039;d guess it was in the 1960s; in the 1970s I did some pipe-making, and briar blocks were readily available, and amberoid stems in limited quantity, but block meerschaum was no longer available from any supplier I knew of.&nbsp; You could still get reconstituted meerschaum blocks for use as inserts in a briar pipe, though.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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