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:Nothing, really. Used or previously owned pipes have come to be known as Estate pipes. They can either be smoked or unsmoked and still qualify. They can be cheap or expensive, and still qualify, and they can come from an English Lord's estate, or picked up off of a dying bum on the street. It just sounds better. I guess like previously owned cars versus used cars ;) --[[User:Sethile|sethile]] ([[User talk:Sethile|talk]]) 12:41, 11 January 2013 (CST) | :Nothing, really. Used or previously owned pipes have come to be known as Estate pipes. They can either be smoked or unsmoked and still qualify. They can be cheap or expensive, and still qualify, and they can come from an English Lord's estate, or picked up off of a dying bum on the street. It just sounds better. I guess like previously owned cars versus used cars ;) --[[User:Sethile|sethile]] ([[User talk:Sethile|talk]]) 12:41, 11 January 2013 (CST) | ||
::Thanks [[User:LaughingBuddha|LaughingBuddha]] ([[User talk:LaughingBuddha|talk]]) 14:34, 11 January 2013 (CST) | ::Thanks [[User:LaughingBuddha|LaughingBuddha]] ([[User talk:LaughingBuddha|talk]]) 14:34, 11 January 2013 (CST) | ||
== Tanzania/Tanganyika == | |||
Saw you're working on african meerschaum a bit, figured I'd throw what I could into the ring. | |||
No expert, but I think the way it went on these is that Amboseli wasn't a pipe company, it's the name of one of the african meerschaum mines, the one that closed in Tanzania in 2006. I realize pipephil disagrees on that one. Tanganyika Meerchaum Corporation, LTD was founded in December 1955 in Kenya with nominal capital of 50,000 pounds. The internet will tell you they later moved from there to Arusha, Tanzania, which is both a city and also the region containing the Amboseli mines, when they trademarked their logo in September '68. That's actually wrong. The registered agent for TMC, Ltd. in 1955 wasn't in Kenya, it was in Tanga, Tanganyika. However, at the time, these were colonies, and joint ones. Stamps actually said "kenya, uganda, tanganyika" on them and were valid in all three. So they were always in Arusha. They owned Kilimanjaro and Kiko. Also Townsman, Countryman, a bunch of lines. However, as the mines are now closed, TMC, Ltd. is technically now owned by STAMICO, a wholly owned government enterprise under the tanzanian ministry of energy and minerals. | |||
At some point the Tanzanian pipes were being listed in the Charles S. Loeb catalog, as Kikos and Kilimanjaros, not sure if they bought TMC, Ltd. or licensed the pipes from them. | |||
The other mine that produced meerschaum was in Somalia, from Eilbur/El Burr, where somalis have made meerschaum incense burners for centuries. Apparently this block was cut into stummels and sold in its entirety to Laxey/Manx straight from Somalia, and is no longer available since Somalia fell apart. When you see a smooth african meerschaum, it's my understanding you're looking at somalian block. | |||
Do with that what you will. | |||
Chris | |||
--[[User:Flatticus|Flatticus]] ([[User talk:Flatticus|talk]]) 20:59, 25 March 2015 (UTC) | |||