on 10/20/2007 7:26 PM Phisherman said the following:
> I thought briar wood is the wood of choice for making smoking pipes. I
> have not seen this wood available anywhere. Is there another name for
> "briar wood?" What other woods are suitable for making smoking pipes?
>
Ask Brer Rabbit. He lives in a briar patch. :-)
Actually the wood comes from the White Heath tree, and from the roots.
--
Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
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Curran Copeland wrote:
> "Phisherman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> I thought briar wood is the wood of choice for making smoking pipes. I
>> have not seen this wood available anywhere. Is there another name for
>> "briar wood?" What other woods are suitable for making smoking pipes?
>
> Pipes can be made out of a variety of materials, wood, clay, stone, corn
> cobs, glass and the list goes on and on. Any dense wood without toxic
> properties will work. I like cherry and hickory myself, I have known people
> who swear by oak and others who love corn cob. Try a few different woods
> and come up with your own favorites.
>
>
During WWII when the US was at war with Italy (where the briar wood for
pipes comes from) pipes were made from manzanita wood, which grows over
much of California.
--Steve
"Phisherman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I thought briar wood is the wood of choice for making smoking pipes. I
> have not seen this wood available anywhere. Is there another name for
> "briar wood?" What other woods are suitable for making smoking pipes?
If you will recall, Corn Cobs work for the business end. ;~)
In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
says...
> I thought briar wood is the wood of choice for making smoking pipes. I
> have not seen this wood available anywhere. Is there another name for
> "briar wood?" What other woods are suitable for making smoking pipes?
>
Bruyere is the rootstock of a mediterranean small shrub related to
heath/heather/erica. I used to buy pre-drilled blanks with matching mouthpieces
and carve my own pipes 30odd years ago when I was still smoking (still have
them some place actually, I was so proud of them). I used to get the blocks
from a specialist pipe shop. The wood can have enclosures full of sand - not
nice when you strike one while carving and that can also lead to the pipe
failing if not discovered.
I was always under the impression that "briar" actually refers to wild rose
bushes or brambles?!?
-Peter
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Phisherman wrote:
> I thought briar wood is the wood of choice for making smoking pipes. I
> have not seen this wood available anywhere. Is there another name for
> "briar wood?" What other woods are suitable for making smoking pipes?
See:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Briar+blocks+pipe&btnG=Google+Search
--
Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA
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"Phisherman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I thought briar wood is the wood of choice for making smoking pipes. I
> have not seen this wood available anywhere. Is there another name for
> "briar wood?" What other woods are suitable for making smoking pipes?
Pipes can be made out of a variety of materials, wood, clay, stone, corn
cobs, glass and the list goes on and on. Any dense wood without toxic
properties will work. I like cherry and hickory myself, I have known people
who swear by oak and others who love corn cob. Try a few different woods
and come up with your own favorites.
Go to www.pipes.org and you will find several pipe
making suppliers. Also I know that Von Erk sells
pre drilled blanks as well as several others.
Puff
"Phisherman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I thought briar wood is the wood of choice for
>making smoking pipes. I
> have not seen this wood available anywhere. Is
> there another name for
> "briar wood?" What other woods are suitable for
> making smoking pipes?
Phisherman wrote:
> I thought briar wood is the wood of choice for making smoking pipes. I
> have not seen this wood available anywhere. Is there another name for
> "briar wood?" What other woods are suitable for making smoking pipes?
I have several made from walnut, with stems from persimmon. They look
good and smoke good. But cherry sounds like a good wood.
--
Gerald Ross
Cochran, GA
There's nothing wrong with Southern
California that a rise in the ocean
level wouldn't cure.