Flawless Briar, Right?

(TPS) Well no. At least, not often these days although they can be found. Flawless pipes. But that is getting to be a rarity as the quality of briar is dwindling rapidly and I hear from pipe makers all over Denmark that are complaining about the blocks they are buying from Italy, Sicily, Tunisia and Morocco and other places south of my present location. The best of it was Corsican but production there stopped about four years ago.
There are a number of things that can ruin a block of briar. Continued