AND are supposedly hit snd miss on quality and customer service. Some people have good things to say others talk about poor quality and rude and abrupt after sales.
When I was looking for my meers I read a bit about AND and briefly considered buying from them but the negatives swayed me to look elsewhere.
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FWIW...
...the little "mini-meer" on page 1 - got it for $14.95 from a local tobacconist really just for giggles to see what meer is like. Turns out I really like this little pipe - great for testing tobaccos, doing several mini-bowls of different blends, and the like. I found it to be simple but really rather well made. On a visit back to that shop I found it was made by Royal:
Mini's at $11.95 plus $3 ship:
http://www.royalmeerschaumpipes.com/Min ... es-s/3.htm
Nice "regular" sized pipes at $35 to $40:
http://www.royalmeerschaumpipes.com/Reg ... s-s/21.htm
Although they like to toss around "hand-carved", for at least the mini's and the regular's, when you get to the actual pipe's page the description turns to "hand-finished", a bit different, eh?
Nonetheless, I can speak to the mini and say that for the money, I think it's reasonably well made - the stem is easily removeable, yet quite secure based on its design...
...the little "mini-meer" on page 1 - got it for $14.95 from a local tobacconist really just for giggles to see what meer is like. Turns out I really like this little pipe - great for testing tobaccos, doing several mini-bowls of different blends, and the like. I found it to be simple but really rather well made. On a visit back to that shop I found it was made by Royal:
Mini's at $11.95 plus $3 ship:
http://www.royalmeerschaumpipes.com/Min ... es-s/3.htm
Nice "regular" sized pipes at $35 to $40:
http://www.royalmeerschaumpipes.com/Reg ... s-s/21.htm
Although they like to toss around "hand-carved", for at least the mini's and the regular's, when you get to the actual pipe's page the description turns to "hand-finished", a bit different, eh?
Nonetheless, I can speak to the mini and say that for the money, I think it's reasonably well made - the stem is easily removeable, yet quite secure based on its design...