IDEAS ON WHAT TO DO BEING ISOLATED AT HOME

I loose more than I win but learning. Sorry for your loss was a nice pipe.
I had to find out the hard way tho. Story of my life. I read a couple articles on how to do the restore and none of them mentioned alcohol. But I knew better. :)
Meerschaum is a weird substance kind of like chalk, not to be trifled with. Lesson learned I guess.