BeardedPipeSr
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Post by BeardedPipeSr on Jun 16, 2018 13:02:29 GMT -5
Will anything else hold up like briar? I know briar is the preference, but will anything else hold up. Ebony, Purple Heart, bubinga, English oak, just curious.
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Post by slowroll on Jun 16, 2018 13:20:17 GMT -5
Briar root is about the densest wood that's not toxic. Lots of very hard woods are toxic. Popular opinion for 150 years also believes it tastes best.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2018 13:32:47 GMT -5
There are many different hardwoods used today to make pipe bowls....Cherry, Walnut and even Strawberry wood. But for me the only wood pipes I really enjoy is well aged briar or Morta. I owned a strawberry wood pipe and gave it away because I did not care for the way it smoked. Just make sure the pipe you may purchase is NOT on the toxic wood chart.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2018 13:33:52 GMT -5
Morta, Olivewood and Strawberrywood are good alternative choices to supplement a briar collection.
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Post by puffy on Jun 16, 2018 13:40:56 GMT -5
I've smoked some pipes that were made from fruit trees.Cherry and Pear mostly.To me they smoked hot.I haven't smoked anything that I thought smoked as cool as Briar. I haven't tried Morta so I don't know how it smokes.
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Post by haebar on Jun 16, 2018 13:42:40 GMT -5
They used Mountain Laurel for making pipes back during WWII when they couldn't get briar from southern Europe. Mountain Laurel is in the same family as briar. They called it Rhododendron instead of Mountain Laurel for some reason.
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Post by steveinny on Jun 16, 2018 13:51:20 GMT -5
Mr. Brog makes mostly Pearwood pipes along with a smaller selection of briar & morta. Personally I think their Pearwood pipes smoke great & have many in my rotation. They are very inexpensive to boot.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2018 14:54:10 GMT -5
Mr. Brog makes mostly Pearwood pipes along with a smaller selection of briar & morta. Personally I think their Pearwood pipes smoke great & have many in my rotation. They are very inexpensive to boot. Once you properly break in a Mr. Brog pearwood pipe they are good smokers. Just don’t overheat the wood until a thin cake layer is formed. Takes a bit of patience thinking about your cadence but the end result will be rewarding. My strawberry wood pipe had a foul odor, I don’t believe the wood was cured properly by the maker. I know other pipe smokers that enjoy their strawberry wood pipes. |
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Post by Stanhill on Jun 16, 2018 15:33:36 GMT -5
I have a pipe made from olive wood and it's a good little smoker. It was considerably lighter in colour when I bought it.
Made by the Danish pipe maker Benner.
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Post by Legend Lover on Jun 16, 2018 15:48:36 GMT -5
I agree with mr brog and the pearwood. I think pipedia has a section on different woods. I'll see if I can find it. I also hear corn cobs are good bowl material too... Who knew!!? Edit: here's the pipedia site for alternative wood... pipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_Woods_Used_For_Pipe_making |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2018 16:36:50 GMT -5
I have a pipe made from olive wood and it's a good little smoker. It was considerably lighter in colour when I bought it.
Made by the Danish pipe maker Benner.
That’s a stunning grain and the overall look of the pipe for me is perfect 👍 |
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Post by Stanhill on Jun 16, 2018 16:53:27 GMT -5
I agree with mr brog and the pearwood. I think pipedia has a section on different woods. I'll see if I can find it. I also hear corn cobs are good bowl material too... Who knew!!?
Edit: here's the pipedia site for alternative wood... pipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_Woods_Used_For_Pipe_makingI certainly didn't and I really don't think there'd be a market for them.
Who'd want to smoke a pipe made from a corn cob..? Besides, I don't think a corn cob can be made into a smokeable pipe.
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Post by Darin on Jun 16, 2018 16:59:50 GMT -5
I agree with mr brog and the pearwood. I think pipedia has a section on different woods. I'll see if I can find it. I also hear corn cobs are good bowl material too... Who knew!!?
Edit: here's the pipedia site for alternative wood... pipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_Woods_Used_For_Pipe_makingI certainly didn't and I really don't think there'd be a market for them.
Who'd want to smoke a pipe made from a corn cob..? Besides, I don't think a corn cob can be made into a smokeable pipe.
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Post by Legend Lover on Jun 16, 2018 17:01:11 GMT -5
I agree with mr brog and the pearwood. I think pipedia has a section on different woods. I'll see if I can find it. I also hear corn cobs are good bowl material too... Who knew!!?
Edit: here's the pipedia site for alternative wood... pipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_Woods_Used_For_Pipe_makingI certainly didn't and I really don't think there'd be a market for them.
Who'd want to smoke a pipe made from a corn cob..? Besides, I don't think a corn cob can be made into a smokeable pipe.
You know what, forget it. It's a silly idea. What about potatoes? You wonder how that ever got discovered... |
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Post by Stanhill on Jun 16, 2018 17:21:26 GMT -5
I certainly didn't and I really don't think there'd be a market for them.
Who'd want to smoke a pipe made from a corn cob..? Besides, I don't think a corn cob can be made into a smokeable pipe.
You know what, forget it. It's a silly idea. What about potatoes? You wonder how that ever got discovered... Sir Walther Raleigh gave some potatoes to King James I, who accidently smoked them because he took them for tobacco. He got so violently sick, that he wrote his famous "A Counterblaste to Tobacco", which in fact should have been named "A Counterblaste to Potatoes".
Not many people know that.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2018 17:24:50 GMT -5
I have a pipe made from olive wood and it's a good little smoker. It was considerably lighter in colour when I bought it.
Made by the Danish pipe maker Benner.
Lovely grain on the bowl and Stummel. With the end grain at the bottom of the bowl does it wick the moisture to the surface. And it looks like the bowls bottom is darker than the rest of the bowl. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2018 17:51:17 GMT -5
I read that Ebony was toxic and also there was an issue with one strain or type of Mountain Laurel. I read it when I was looking up Ebony. Mr Brog has some pipes that say Ebony, but that is just the color
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2018 17:57:13 GMT -5
I read that Ebony was toxic and also there was an issue with one strain or type of Mountain Laurel. I read it when I was looking up Ebony. Mr Brog has some pipes that say Ebony, but that is just the color Yup, ebony is beautiful wood but not for making pipes. I know someone that made a pipe from a piece of Desert Ironwood also extremely toxic, just the fumes when it burns is dangerous. |
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Post by trailboss on Jun 16, 2018 18:04:06 GMT -5
When my brother worked for the California department of forestry as an inmate at a fire camp, they created a lot of products out of Manzanita... that stuff is harder than all get out. He said that it really did a number on chainsaws, whenever they had to clear Manzanita, there was a lot of chain sharpening going on. During World War II, there was a ln American company that made pipes from Manzanita (escapes my mind as to the company name), as it was incredibly hard to get at that time. About a year ago, a cardboard display full of their pipes came to auction, I was going to bid, but other shiny objects in that brick and mortar auction got my attention. Just speculation on my part, but I think that mountain laurel might have been synonymous with Manzanita... here is an archived article about Manzanita promoting its use for pipes. I can only surmise that although it works for that purpose, nothing is dethroning Briar as we know it from it’s throne anytime soon. Although the article is dated 1960, I think that was when it was archived, as the article speaks of the war, and all of the bibliography material is dated from the 30’s and 40’s.archive.org/stream/californiamanzan53garl/californiamanzan53garl_djvu.txtI made a hiking stick out of Manzanita, and I can attest to the hardness...I can imagine that the burls must really be hard.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2018 19:37:19 GMT -5
For more info on Mountain Laurel and Manzanita. Look up American Briar. I have one of these pipes unsmoked as long as I have it will remain so. With the yellow bowl coating I think it was made by yello-bole.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2018 21:23:26 GMT -5
I had an ebay manzanita pipe and it did not smoke well. Many Chinese pipes on the Bay are of dubious toxicity.
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Post by trailboss on Jun 16, 2018 22:22:10 GMT -5
Coolest smoking pipe medium, bar none!  |
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Post by Stanhill on Jun 17, 2018 0:05:10 GMT -5
I have a pipe made from olive wood and it's a good little smoker. It was considerably lighter in colour when I bought it.
Made by the Danish pipe maker Benner.
Lovely grain on the bowl and Stummel. With the end grain at the bottom of the bowl does it wick the moisture to the surface. And it looks like the bowls bottom is darker than the rest of the bowl. It must be a trick of the light. Actually it's a bit lighter.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2018 8:21:22 GMT -5
I had an ebay manzanita pipe and it did not smoke well. Many Chinese pipes on the Bay are of dubious toxicity. The Chinese pipes most likely have some type of fiberglass within their bowl & stem creations. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2018 8:24:33 GMT -5
Coolest smoking pipe medium, bar none! You can purchase these beauties @ choketodeathpipes.com 👍👍👍. And one day waking up looking like an alien 😀 |
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Post by trailboss on Jun 17, 2018 9:57:10 GMT -5
Coolest smoking pipe medium, bar none! You can purchase these beauties @ choketodeathpipes.com 👍👍👍. And one day waking up looking like an alien 😀 They claimed that millions had been sold! When you think of the timeframe from then until it was realized that asbestos was harmful.... scary. |
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BeardedPipeSr
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Post by BeardedPipeSr on Jun 17, 2018 10:05:19 GMT -5
I have a pipe made from olive wood and it's a good little smoker. It was considerably lighter in colour when I bought it.
Made by the Danish pipe maker Benner.
😮 the grain and color are spectacular. Thank you for sharing. |
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BeardedPipeSr
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Post by BeardedPipeSr on Jun 17, 2018 10:08:17 GMT -5
I agree with mr brog and the pearwood. I think pipedia has a section on different woods. I'll see if I can find it. I also hear corn cobs are good bowl material too... Who knew!!? Edit: here's the pipedia site for alternative wood... pipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_Woods_Used_For_Pipe_making I ask because I may carve a pair for Me and JR. I’m a bit of a carver. Nothing fancy just a personal touch. |
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BeardedPipeSr
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First Name: Micheal
Favorite Pipe: 60s Era SC Pipes Bent Billiard, Peterson rusticated Bulldog
Favorite Tobacco: Amphora OB, Cult Blood Red Moon, and of course Frog’s Cellar
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Post by BeardedPipeSr on Jun 17, 2018 10:11:17 GMT -5
I agree with mr brog and the pearwood. I think pipedia has a section on different woods. I'll see if I can find it. I also hear corn cobs are good bowl material too... Who knew!!?
Edit: here's the pipedia site for alternative wood... pipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_Woods_Used_For_Pipe_makingI certainly didn't and I really don't think there'd be a market for them.
Who'd want to smoke a pipe made from a corn cob..? Besides, I don't think a corn cob can be made into a smokeable pipe.
I hear potatoes. You have to seal it with Thompson’s though. |
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BeardedPipeSr
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Post by BeardedPipeSr on Jun 17, 2018 10:17:11 GMT -5
Coolest smoking pipe medium, bar none! exactly what I’ve been looking for |
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