A Grain of Truth

 

(Russ Ouellette) Briar is an amazing material, and is ideally suited to making tobacco pipes. It’s a hard wood that polishes beautifully, it’s heat-resistant and it has a relatively neutral flavor. But one of the main reasons for its popularity as a pipe making wood is the intriguing grain that it has. The way it grows accounts for the intricate and unique appearance of the wood. So, this is a little bit about the types of grain exhibited in briar pipes. Continued