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  1. Richard Burley

    Show the cheap one you love

    You mean other than cobs? Picked this up on ebay, allegedly a Charatan 2nd, allegedly restored by Walker Briarworks prior to purchase. I paid $30 US. Handles everything I put in it, including some blends that don't get along with my other pipes. Not the prettiest pipe I own, but it has become an...
  2. Richard Burley

    How do you deal with cooking grease?

    Scrubbing with kosher salt is a great way to clean cast iron.
  3. Richard Burley

    Falcons for Trade DONE, FINITO, ZU ENDE

    Bump + One Day = Deleted
  4. Richard Burley

    Ridiculous

    Good catch, Davy. I was wondering about the wealthy China lunatic thing myself, or some equivalent. Somewhere in Oklahoma there is one happy seller. Doesn't look like a big dealer or anything; he only has one other item, a rather nice pipe ashtray. More power to him, I say, and hope that the...
  5. Richard Burley

    What are you smoking?

    Big 'n Burley in a Charatan bent pot. I can feel this crap in my throat as soon as I light up, and I don't inhale.
  6. Richard Burley

    How do you deal with cooking grease?

    Jar it when cooled a bit. When the jar is full, put the lid on and toss it in the garbage. Residual grease on pans can be broken down with detergent. Down the drain or garbage disposal is a no-no, by all indications, no matter how hot  the rinse water you use. It has to cool and solidify...
  7. Richard Burley

    Steve Ditko, Co-Creator of Spider-Man, RIP.

    Ninety is a good run. I've got five comic books in my library. Three are by Ditko. Thank you for posting.
  8. Richard Burley

    Ridiculous

    On my watch list just for the hell of it. It's good, but not that good. My last couple of ounces got tossed because a weird off-flavor had developed. Would buy another tin at close to normal prices, but I'm pretty much done with it. Call it sour grapes. Call me biased. But don't call me. :lol...
  9. Richard Burley

    A defining smoke.

    Nice. (Huh...has that word ever been used before? :scratch: )
  10. Richard Burley

    What are you smoking?

    LBF in a Stanwell Apache.
  11. Richard Burley

    Just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in.

    Hey, I remember you! This place has been dead for two days and then you pop up. Kind of eerie. Bill, ain't it?  I had assumed you were running from the law or something. I'll now magnanimously assume you weren't. Welcome back among the marginally active. (And don'tcha worry about the totem...
  12. Richard Burley

    Falcons for Trade DONE, FINITO, ZU ENDE

    Will trade two Falcons in good shape for one 100g tin of McClelland Blackwoods Flake.
  13. Richard Burley

    What are you smoking?

    Smoking an old Charatan 2nd (I'm told) Canadian, refurbished by Walker Briar Works and filled with Painter Hills, a Revelation clone with probably more flavoring "sauce" than the original. But I like it a lot. Too bad it's one of 4Noggins's newly defunct blends, judging by its absence from the...
  14. Richard Burley

    Lee Van Cleef Again

    Cool stuff. There's also a blog devoted to LVC.   http://thebadnet.blogspot.com/ Apparently he actually smoked a pipe in real life, as these candids suggest:
  15. Richard Burley

    Lee Van Cleef Again

    Death Rides a Horse. He sure did like smoking pipes in his roles--wonder what this particular pipe was? (21:08 and 21:19). And he must have had a collection of some sort. Wonder where they went with his passing? <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/n1DgmyB8MIA"...
  16. Richard Burley

    What’s your oldest Dunhill?

    A 1962, for which I paid considerably more than a dollar. Banjo wins.
  17. Richard Burley

    Petition to Stop Interstate Online Sales Taxes

    Signed. Hard to believe Thomas went for this.
  18. Richard Burley

    Adam Davidson

    Heh. Forgive me for assuming your psychology for my own. When I'm considering buying yet another pipe, I run hot and cold. If I didn't, I'd have 5000 pipes by now. You know, the cold light of reason thing?
  19. Richard Burley

    Adam Davidson

    "If you have any questions, don't hesitate to call us [Smoking Pipes] at (888) 366 0345..." The staff's individual e-mail addresses sometimes pop up, but I can't remember when or the context--ergo, the phone. Then again, maybe you should resort to snail-mail, allowing yourself a cooling off...
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