From: Sam Friedland <???????????????>

Hello!  Hello,  Steve!

	I offer sincere condolence for the loss of your Dad.

	Chuck Basso's notes on meerschaum in PD#221 reminded me that my 2 
lovely Calabash pipes need replacement bowls from time to time.  
Although they cannot be transported as discretely as their briar 
cousins, I carry and smoke these pipes at liberty to complement my mood 
and attire.  From time to time I have been as shattered as their clay 
bowls when one pipe or the other was crushed or dropped during my 
workaday activities.  A trip to the tobacco shop, a six to eight week 
turn-around time, and a small fortune later, I have replaced the bowls.

	I do not begrudge the bowlsmithy his due, and yet money (or scarcity 
thereof) is a great motivator.   I have a steady hand and I have an eye 
for precision and grace.  I humbly believe that I could fashion a 
handsome, serviceable replacement bowl if only I had the clay.  From 
whence comes meerschaum?  How can I obtain some?

-----Sam
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[ Turkey; perhaps Stemco/Pimo could sell you some meerschaum. -S. ]


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