Meerschaum joints...
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2018 3:35 pm
I received this in the mail today as a gift from a friend. This is how meers shank/stem joints should be done...not even the slightest light gap.
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It's definitely a sleeve...I believe it's delrin. I think the meer would be too weak without a sleeve to support a normal tenon.Sasquatch wrote:So is that just a meer cut for a tenon the way a briar stummel would be? ie is that a sleeve in the mortise or is it just drilled meershaum?