Briar

Briar Curing: From Sawmill To Smoke

Briar Curing: From Sawmill To Smoke

May 26, 2023 by Chuck Stanion

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We've all experienced the "break-in" period, loading bowl after bowl into a new pipe while it shows no gratitude whatsoever and delivers acrid, hot, astringent smoke to our bewildered palates. Its online photos had accurately depicted the wonderful shape and finish, but the flavors it's delivering do not match the pipe's ... Read More

A Closer Look at Briar Grain

A Closer Look at Briar Grain

January 13, 2023 by Chuck Stanion

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We've all admired beautiful grain on a fine briar. That grain is coaxed by the briar cutter and the pipemaker into sometimes spectacular visual enhancements for a smoking instrument, but it's difficult to understand grain without understanding the plants that create briar and the way that briar is prepared. ... Read More

Popular Stem Materials in Early French Pipe Making

Popular Stem Materials in Early French Pipe Making

September 15, 2022 by Davin Hylton

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Long before the advent and popularity of acrylic and vulcanite, many alternative materials were utilized in the creation of pipe stems. Amber, horn, and briar were common, especially French pipe making, prior to the introduction of acrylic and vulcanite, and have a unique history and aesthetic appeal. ... Read More

How to Break In a Briar Tobacco Pipe

How to Break In a Briar Tobacco Pipe

September 2, 2022 by Chuck Stanion

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Few satisfactions in life equal that of obtaining a new pipe. Of the hundreds of thousands available, we chose this particular briar. Its lines and proportions, grain, and shape resonate with a yearning inside of us, harmonizing with our tastes and experiences and personal artistic appreciation. It's perfect, a pleasure to turn over in ... Read More

The Romeo Briar Process: A Father the Flame Featurette

The Romeo Briar Process: A Father the Flame Featurette

February 28, 2020 by Chuck Stanion

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The documentary, Father the Flame, gave us all new insight into the details and personalities behind the manufacture of pipes, and Chad Terpstra, the director, and his colleagues have now provided a YouTube channel for shorter vignettes of pipe making interest. ... Read More

Savinelli: A History Of Making History

Savinelli: A History Of Making History

September 26, 2019 by Chuck Stanion

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1876 was a year of breakthroughs: Alexander Graham Bell made the first telephone call, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky completed Swan Lake, Mark Twain published Tom Sawyer, and in Milan, Italy, Achille Savinelli opened one of the first shops exclusively focused on tobacco and smoking accessories. ... Read More

Why Briar, Anyway

Why Briar, Anyway

November 30, 2012 by Kathryn Mann

Think of a tobacco pipe, and the first image that pops into most people's minds is a briar pipe. Oh, sure, most of us have a few non-briars -- a meerschaum or two, maybe a "Missouri meerschaum" corncob, a clay, perhaps a prized calabash -- but most of the wood pipes are briar. ... Read More

Mimmo Briar

Mimmo Briar

July 5, 2010 by Sykes Wilford

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As I indicated in previous posts, I'm now terribly far behind in sharing all sorts of little insights about our trip to Italy and Germany, from which we returned almost a week ago now. In my jetlagged fugue of last week, editing videos just seemed far more tenable than putting metaphorical pen to paper and stringing words together in some coherent pattern. ... Read More

Video: Briar Cutting

Video: Briar Cutting

July 2, 2010 by Sykes Wilford

I'll have something of a write up on the visit to Mimmo's briar cutting operation later today or tomorrow, but in the mean time, I thought I'd get this little video of Mimmo and his colleague Nicola at work. Mimmo supplies briar to many, if not most, of the top pipe makers in the world. ... Read More

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