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?

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.

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Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
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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...oogle+Searc h

--
Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA

"Phisherman" 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.

Curran Copeland wrote:
"Phisherman" wrote in message
...
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 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.

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" 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?

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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?


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 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. ;~)

lignum vitae makes a nice pipe.

some woods to avoid:
purple heart
walnut
apatong
padouk