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Can We Talk GBD's For A Few Minutes?
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<blockquote data-quote="monbla256" data-source="post: 348788" data-attributes="member: 2244"><p>From what I've been told and read, the Algerian briar was the wood of choice used for sandblasted pipes back in the mid 20th century for most of the major European makers. It is a softer briar and as such takes a nice deep blast which was the style at the time. It was also a higher priced and quality of wood than the Sardinian, Grecian or Corsican wood. Seems that there was a stopping of harvesting of it by the end of the 80's and what is used by many makers today for blasted pipes I'm told, is Grecian Briar. The distinctive "flavor" you get from both your blasted GBD's and Edward's IS due to the wood but Edward's oil curing adds another dimension to their pipes. They and older Shell finished Dunnies smoke almost the same 'cause both were oil cured Algerian briar. The fact that your GBD's were made from older wood is merely a fact of the times when they were produced and the manufacturing practices of that time. Some of this is sadly gone from the scene so to speak for various reasons and will probably not return. I'm very thankful that I have been able to experience much of this quality in my years of smoking and have been able to aquire the quantity of pipes from this period to last me till I die :twisted: :twisted:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="monbla256, post: 348788, member: 2244"] From what I've been told and read, the Algerian briar was the wood of choice used for sandblasted pipes back in the mid 20th century for most of the major European makers. It is a softer briar and as such takes a nice deep blast which was the style at the time. It was also a higher priced and quality of wood than the Sardinian, Grecian or Corsican wood. Seems that there was a stopping of harvesting of it by the end of the 80's and what is used by many makers today for blasted pipes I'm told, is Grecian Briar. The distinctive "flavor" you get from both your blasted GBD's and Edward's IS due to the wood but Edward's oil curing adds another dimension to their pipes. They and older Shell finished Dunnies smoke almost the same 'cause both were oil cured Algerian briar. The fact that your GBD's were made from older wood is merely a fact of the times when they were produced and the manufacturing practices of that time. Some of this is sadly gone from the scene so to speak for various reasons and will probably not return. I'm very thankful that I have been able to experience much of this quality in my years of smoking and have been able to aquire the quantity of pipes from this period to last me till I die :twisted: :twisted: [/QUOTE]
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