Extending the Heritage: Genod Pipes

The Brierwood Pipe by Winslow Homer

(Tobacco Business Magazine) While Sebastien Beaud is fast approaching his 20th year as a pipemaker, the company he owns—Genod Pipes—can trace its history almost as far back as the time when briar was first used to make pipes.
The briar revolution in pipemaking began in the middle of the 19th century in Saint-Claude, France—a town nestled in the Jura Mountains near the Swiss border that had become a famous center for producing wooden articles. Continued