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0:00foreign

0:00[Music]

0:05out the final details of this mere Sean

0:08pipe

0:10and when he's done a pipe like this can

0:12cost over three hundred dollars

0:15it's made of mere Sean a mineral rock

0:18often found in underground mines in

0:20turkey that reach 137 meters deep

0:24the most intricate pipes can take up to

0:27two months to complete

0:29those can go for over seven thousand

0:31dollars

0:32but masham is fragile which means Earth

0:35rule can lose all his work at the last

0:38minute

0:49so what sets mere Sean pipes apart from

0:51the rest

0:52and why are they so expensive

1:00um

1:03a chicken origin is

1:13Turkish people have been making Sean

1:15pipes since the early 1600s

1:18mershon also known as sepulite is a

1:21clay-like mineral

1:22it's lightweight porous and heat

1:25resistant making it ideal for pipe

1:27smoking

1:29its porousness allows it to absorb tar

1:31and nicotine reducing how much is

1:33inhaled which some pipe smokers prefer

1:38the ashram is found all over the world

1:40but the most commercially important

1:42reashon is near escashier in Turkey it's

1:46locally referred to as white gold for

1:48its economic and cultural value

1:51to make mere Sean pipes Artisans first

1:54seek the highest quality mere Sean known

1:56as the right grade

1:58the higher the grade the less prone the

2:00mishram is to cracking so they're

2:02willing to pay more than double the

2:03price of the lower Sandy grade

2:06foreign

2:08is rare and difficult to obtain Mir sham

2:12is located in underground quarries and

2:14here in Gosley Bell miners have found

2:17high grade mere charm

2:19Emery now carves pipes but he got his

2:22start in the industry as a minor he's

2:25taking us 44 meters below ground where

2:27he'll chisel at surrounding rocks to

2:29find suitable Meer charm

2:31foreign

2:33[Music]

2:39miners make educated guesses as to where

2:41to start

2:42typically near deposits they've already

2:44mined

2:47the work is physically demanding and

2:49even the strongest laborers can take an

2:51hour to remove just one stone

2:56but that's only if they find it

3:01um

3:05the goal is to find larger mere charm

3:08rocks that are at least the size of a

3:10fist

3:12oh

3:15very nice

3:19[Music]

3:22this Stone can sell for at least 38

3:25dollars

3:26Emery says larger mesham has high heat

3:28resistance up to 4 000 degrees

3:31Fahrenheit

3:36the bigger the mesh arm Stone the more

3:39elaborate and eventually the more

3:41expensive the pipe will be

3:43but Artisans like Emery can only make as

3:45many pipes as the mershon supply allows

3:51is

3:58though Emery can spend up to 2 200 at a

4:02time on Raw mershon

4:04still not enough to meet the demand for

4:06the finished pipes

4:08foreign

4:14[Music]

4:19Carvers in all of turkey he's been

4:22making near Sean pipes for over 50 years

4:26aside from the cost of the mere charm

4:28itself the final price of these pipes

4:30comes down to skill and craftsmanship

4:33to start making the pipe ethereal

4:36removes any dirt from the stone and cuts

4:39around fault lines that may later cause

4:40it to break

4:42this sometimes means lopping off three

4:45quarters of the Mirch arm Stone

4:50he then carves out the rough shape of

4:52the pipe

4:56he air dries the pipe to strengthen it

4:58then drills in guard holes for the mouth

5:00and body

5:03after all refines the pipe again with

5:05four different sandpapers to remove any

5:07floors and to ensure a smooth surface

5:11[Music]

5:13simpler pipes like these can sell for

5:15over one hundred dollars but complex

5:17pipes like this ottoman Sultan head

5:19require further handiwork which can

5:22triple the price

5:24at the rule doesn't plan the design for

5:26his pieces he works from memory and feel

5:28so each of his pipes is a unique work of

5:31art

5:34after hand carving every minor detail

5:36after all starts shaping the stem

5:39[Music]

5:40the stem's materials can vary

5:42Ebonite is used for more expensive pipes

5:44while acrylic is used for more

5:46affordable ones

5:49the stem is polished then fit into the

5:51mouth of the pipe

5:53next Arturo dips the pipes in beeswax

5:56which adds a Sheen and further hardens

5:58the mershon prolonging its durability

6:03but even when worked by skilled hands

6:05like at the rules the meershamp is

6:07liable to break unexpectedly at any

6:09point in the process

6:13Ary

6:22the risk of this happening especially

6:24with complex pipes that can take up to

6:26two months to complete means sometimes

6:28at the Rule's work is all for nothing

6:32but when he can finish a pipe it can be

6:35sold for top dollar

6:37s

6:52mershon pipes at this price point are

6:54typically large intricate Collectibles

6:56that are also functional

6:59is

7:17today mershon pipes are in high demand

7:20by collectors and smokers alike

7:22but that hasn't always been the case

7:24around the turn of the Millennium a rise

7:26in anti-smoking laws and the

7:28availability of alternative materials

7:30created the market for mershon popes

7:32things took a turn in 2011 with the rise

7:35of tourism in Turkey after the Arab

7:37Spring

7:38as tourism continued to increase emo saw

7:41mioshan pipes regain popularity

7:43and the global pipe industry is set to

7:46grow even further at a rate of 4.5

7:48percent by 2031.

7:51yet as demand for measure on pipes

7:53increases after all fears the profession

7:55can't keep up

8:00well hello

8:36thank you

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