Will this pipe work?

[Ropey]

Last time I tried pipe smoking I was in college 20 years ago. But I saw one of these on ebay and thought it looked cool and bought it for fitty-five bucks, shipped from Turkey.

It's "hand-carved block meerschaum" and comes with a little case..





Here's the ad copy:

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Made in Turkey

All hand carved by the local artists of Eskisehir

Brand new and High quality.

Made of genuine block meerschaum from Eskisehir.

Waxed in a hot natural bath of beeswax.

Teflon Tenon.

Acrylic Stem.
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That gonna work? I also have some John Bull English pipe tobaccy coming in with my next cigar shipment from c-bid. Guess I'm gonna have to get one of those little tampers too.