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Oil Soaked Briar
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<blockquote data-quote="dshpipes" data-source="post: 186524" data-attributes="member: 1622"><p>There are some pipe makers that still oil cure their pipes but that number has dwindled pretty drastically. Dunhill used to. I know that Randy Wiley still does and his smoke wonderfully, IMO. I sincerely doubt that you would find any pipe maker worth his salt who would cure in anything toxic.</p><p></p><p>As far as boiling in anything else, briar cutters boil their blocks in order to get a lot of the sap out, thus preparing the wood to be carved into a usable and tasty pipe. I'm pretty sure they boil in water, but it could be alcohol. Many pipe makers will age their wood for years and sometimes decades afterwards to allow for complete drying of the block. This is called "air curing."</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, that's the extent of my knowledge on the subject.</p><p></p><p>This is pretty informative though: <a href="http://www.rdfield.com/Articles/curing.htm" target="_blank">http://www.rdfield.com/Articles/curing.htm</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dshpipes, post: 186524, member: 1622"] There are some pipe makers that still oil cure their pipes but that number has dwindled pretty drastically. Dunhill used to. I know that Randy Wiley still does and his smoke wonderfully, IMO. I sincerely doubt that you would find any pipe maker worth his salt who would cure in anything toxic. As far as boiling in anything else, briar cutters boil their blocks in order to get a lot of the sap out, thus preparing the wood to be carved into a usable and tasty pipe. I'm pretty sure they boil in water, but it could be alcohol. Many pipe makers will age their wood for years and sometimes decades afterwards to allow for complete drying of the block. This is called "air curing." Unfortunately, that's the extent of my knowledge on the subject. This is pretty informative though: [url=http://www.rdfield.com/Articles/curing.htm]http://www.rdfield.com/Articles/curing.htm[/url] [/QUOTE]
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