>>2422672For the Falcon bowls they're a liner on a briar shell, so it's less cosmetic and more the pure tobacco flavor. Also if you take care of meerschaum it lasts forever. Maintenance is just using a pipe scraper to stop any carbon buildup after the white color caramelizes from heat.
It's also where the stem-engineering aspect comes into play. Meerschaum lined can run a lot hotter in a pipe that already can run hotter.
>The twisted condenser shaft and cooling chamber design actually works You can smoke blends that have heinous tongue bite and steam problems in a normal pipe out of a falcon as cool as any tobacco.
