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Why Turkish Meerschaum Pipes Are So Expensive | So Expensive | Business Insider
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foreign
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out the final details of this mere Sean
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pipe
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and when he's done a pipe like this can
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cost over three hundred dollars
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it's made of mere Sean a mineral rock
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often found in underground mines in
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turkey that reach 137 meters deep
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the most intricate pipes can take up to
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two months to complete
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those can go for over seven thousand
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dollars
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but masham is fragile which means Earth
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rule can lose all his work at the last
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minute
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so what sets mere Sean pipes apart from
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the rest
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and why are they so expensive
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um
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a chicken origin is
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Turkish people have been making Sean
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pipes since the early 1600s
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mershon also known as sepulite is a
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clay-like mineral
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it's lightweight porous and heat
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resistant making it ideal for pipe
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smoking
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its porousness allows it to absorb tar
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and nicotine reducing how much is
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inhaled which some pipe smokers prefer
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the ashram is found all over the world
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but the most commercially important
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reashon is near escashier in Turkey it's
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locally referred to as white gold for
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its economic and cultural value
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to make mere Sean pipes Artisans first
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seek the highest quality mere Sean known
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as the right grade
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the higher the grade the less prone the
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mishram is to cracking so they're
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willing to pay more than double the
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price of the lower Sandy grade
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foreign
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is rare and difficult to obtain Mir sham
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is located in underground quarries and
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here in Gosley Bell miners have found
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high grade mere charm
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Emery now carves pipes but he got his
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start in the industry as a minor he's
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taking us 44 meters below ground where
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he'll chisel at surrounding rocks to
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find suitable Meer charm
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foreign
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miners make educated guesses as to where
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to start
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typically near deposits they've already
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mined
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the work is physically demanding and
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even the strongest laborers can take an
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hour to remove just one stone
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but that's only if they find it
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um
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the goal is to find larger mere charm
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rocks that are at least the size of a
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fist
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oh
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very nice
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this Stone can sell for at least 38
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dollars
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Emery says larger mesham has high heat
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resistance up to 4 000 degrees
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Fahrenheit
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the bigger the mesh arm Stone the more
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elaborate and eventually the more
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expensive the pipe will be
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but Artisans like Emery can only make as
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many pipes as the mershon supply allows
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is
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though Emery can spend up to 2 200 at a
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time on Raw mershon
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still not enough to meet the demand for
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the finished pipes
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foreign
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Carvers in all of turkey he's been
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making near Sean pipes for over 50 years
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aside from the cost of the mere charm
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itself the final price of these pipes
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comes down to skill and craftsmanship
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to start making the pipe ethereal
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removes any dirt from the stone and cuts
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around fault lines that may later cause
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it to break
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this sometimes means lopping off three
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quarters of the Mirch arm Stone
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he then carves out the rough shape of
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the pipe
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he air dries the pipe to strengthen it
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then drills in guard holes for the mouth
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and body
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after all refines the pipe again with
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four different sandpapers to remove any
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floors and to ensure a smooth surface
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simpler pipes like these can sell for
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over one hundred dollars but complex
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pipes like this ottoman Sultan head
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require further handiwork which can
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triple the price
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at the rule doesn't plan the design for
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his pieces he works from memory and feel
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so each of his pipes is a unique work of
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art
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after hand carving every minor detail
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after all starts shaping the stem
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the stem's materials can vary
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Ebonite is used for more expensive pipes
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while acrylic is used for more
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affordable ones
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the stem is polished then fit into the
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mouth of the pipe
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next Arturo dips the pipes in beeswax
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which adds a Sheen and further hardens
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the mershon prolonging its durability
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but even when worked by skilled hands
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like at the rules the meershamp is
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liable to break unexpectedly at any
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point in the process
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Ary
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the risk of this happening especially
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with complex pipes that can take up to
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two months to complete means sometimes
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at the Rule's work is all for nothing
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but when he can finish a pipe it can be
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sold for top dollar
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s
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mershon pipes at this price point are
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typically large intricate Collectibles
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that are also functional
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is
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today mershon pipes are in high demand
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by collectors and smokers alike
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but that hasn't always been the case
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around the turn of the Millennium a rise
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in anti-smoking laws and the
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availability of alternative materials
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created the market for mershon popes
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things took a turn in 2011 with the rise
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of tourism in Turkey after the Arab
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Spring
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as tourism continued to increase emo saw
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mioshan pipes regain popularity
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and the global pipe industry is set to
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grow even further at a rate of 4.5
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percent by 2031.
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yet as demand for measure on pipes
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increases after all fears the profession
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can't keep up
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well hello
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thank you
