Recent content by BriarBlues

Good Day All; How shall I say this .......... hhmmm ... a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing. There are a few sellers and collectors that can tell the difference. Sometimes they can also be "tricked". No one is perfect. Sometimes it is very easy to tell who carved a pipe and...

That is not what I said. There are many well establshed collectors that can easily tell which carver created a specific pipe, that does not carry the carvers personal stamp. Other carvers can also tell each others work. If you are not certain about a pipe you own, but think it was carved by...

Good Day All; As Dave has posted, the more pipes by various carvers you see in hand the better you can tell each carvers "style" and craftsmanship. Each carver does certain things slightly differently. For me in most cases it is the stem, as opposed to bowl shape. The buttons that Teddy...

Good Day All I was in contact with Rad last week, as I was also concerned. Rad let me know he is doing well. Just taking some time to relax. Regards Michael J. Glukler

Good Afternoon Tim No worries. Apology accepted. There is a difference between asking a dealer if there is a mistake on a listed item, whether it be price or description and "suggesting" one is price gouging. Had we dealt / met in the past you would have known my policies and how I...

Simple Man I believe you. I did a quick search and came up with a seller ( B & M ) in Denmark with these pipes for sale. $33.56 Euro plus shipping. I did not check for a North American based seller. IF someone asked me about the pipes .... honestly..... even $30.00 is too much to charge...

Good Day All; Thanks for posting about the latest arrivals.  There are quite a few nice pieces in the group. I would like everyone to understand that ALL the prices on the BB site are set by the owners!  I "may" suggest sometimes IF a pipe is priced far below current market value or way above...

Good Afternoon All; Yes the "major" companies will always coat their chambers. Really? I guess Castello is not what we consider "major"? I do believe Castello stopped applying chamber coatings in the 1980's and now all new pipe come with bare chambers. Interestingly Radice pipes now are...

Good Day All; Thanks for visiting the site. I have listed many as having "aromatics" smoked in them as there is just a hint of "sweetness" in each pipe. From the strength of the fragrance I suspect it would take very few bowls to rid each pipe of it's ghosts. The reason for quantity is...

Good Day All This topic generates heated debate amongst carvers and collectors. Some people do not give a rodent's behind if a chamber is coated or un coated. There are others ( myself included ) that prefer a non coated chamber. There are a variety of chamber coatings being used by...

Good Day All Personally I have yet to try a strawberry wood pipe. I have had a few come through and what really struck me was the lack of weight compared to size of pipe. At the 2011 West Coast Pipe Show, David Field ( the distributor for Becker pipes ) showed me a group 8 sized Becker...

Hello Leatherneck BW on the stem might be a Ben Wade. Is there a crown stamp over the BW? If so, it looks to me like a Ben Wade ( Preben Holm ) stem that has been inserted in an olive wood bowl. I doubt it is a Ben wade made bowl, as the only Danish carver working with olive wood is...

Good Day All This topic has been the subject of many heated debates over the past few years. Re Trever's comments on "pipe experts". I am not an expert on anything pipes nor tobaccos. I have only been smoking pipes for 40 odd years. I've only been selling pipes since the late 80's...

Hi Dock Thanks for the kind words. Does this mean I need to keep sending the $20.00's..... ? ;) Regards Mike

Good Day Greyson et all I am not sure if this type of reply is allowed and if not, please feel free to pull this reply. Currently we have an Ardor John Eells on the site http://www.briarblues.com/fg113.htm Priced at $350.00. This pipe is indeed in the very large to huge range. 3/4...