White Elephant Serengeti Sandblast 12
€62.48
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Product information "White Elephant Serengeti Sandblast 12"
Why does a German company name their brand after white elephants? Maybe there were a few mammoth roaming around our parts during the last ice age.. but elephants?
The story is as follows: Robert Maderholz established a pipe manufactory shortly after World War II in Ettenstatt, Frankonia. Soon he produced pipes with Meerschaum inlays. A well known owner of a pipe shop in Munich, that also was a big fan of Meerschaum, had the idea to fill Meerschaum into filters, instead of the widely used active charcoal.
So instead of pulverising the Meerschaum and form pipes with the addition of a binding agent, the material was grinded to small grains and filled into filter husks by hand.
The only thing missing was a name… At this time the Meerschaum came from Tansania, and now the white elephants totally make sense.
The Serengeti is a large savanna, stretching through Tansania and Kenia. At sunrise and sundown the land shimmers in a beautiful red, just like the briar applications we used in the series with the same name.
We were able to find a new supplier, and we are very pleased with the high quality of the craftsmanship.
A small briar sphere is inserted into the mouthpiece. Our symbol for ‘One World’.
| Series: | Serengeti |
|---|---|
| Material: | Briar |
| Surface: | sandblasted |
| Mouthpiece: | Acrylic |
| Drilling: | 9mm |
| Application: | Briar |
| Limited Edition: | No |
| Style: | Classic series |
| Shape: | Bent - Classic |
1945 to 1984 Robert Maderholz produced briar pipes. His son Michael developed the first automatons for filter production in 1984. Up to now White Elephant is the only filter with highly absorbent Meerschaum granulate worldwide. Meerschaum is a magnesium silicate from the mineral group of the sepiolites, the porose structure is able to absorb large amounts of moisture like a sponge.
The Meerschaum used to be imported from Tansania (now only Meerschaum of the highest quality from Eskisehir, Turkey is used), so the name ‘White Elephant’ was found very fast.
Later active charcoal filters were added to the portfolio and 1999 the production of pipe cleaners started.
Having no heirs, Michael Maderholz sold the company to Kopp Filters.
After 35 years White Elephant presents itself in a new design. But everything else stays the same. The production facility is still in Ettenstatt, Bavaria and our highest premises are top quality and fair prices. And now in an environmental friendly packaging.
What does Superflow mean?
Less is more. Other producers of charcoal filters surpass each other with higher absorption rates, forgetting one very important factor: tensile strength also increases, leading to an unpleasant smoking experience.
We reduced 15% of the contents, you will feel the difference!
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