Root briar?

[Rad Davis]

I've used many ebauchon blocks that had fantastic grain. It just goes sideways instead of up and down.

Good for blowfish pipes? *shrug*

Could be, if the grain's strong enough.

Rad

 

[Zeno Marx]

This sort of reminds me of all the snakeoil involved with vinyl record terminology. People love love love that super thick vinyl. I admit it feels nice in the hand, but they never talk about that. They ramble on and on about how great it sounds. The groove isn't cut any differently for a flexi (those things they stuck in magazines) or a 200gm record. The cutter rarely knows what is going to be pressed, not that it would matter to them anyway. On top of that, thicker vinyl creates all kinds of new problems for the pressing plant that potentially result in more noise and crackle/pop than if it was pressed at standard weight.

Every industry has its snakeoil to pull in the suckers. I don't get the impression pipe companies are pulling this nonsense, but maybe a history lesson would change that. If anything, they strike me as lazy and trite when it comes to naming.

 

[SpeedyPete]

It's a shame you can't buy live root briar. With a little patience and sunshine, maybe a little Miracle-Gro (the secret flavouring in Royal Yacht, I'm told,) your Group 2 pot would grow over the years into a Group 5 stack.

We use a fertilizer called "Bounce Back" :bounce: for lawns, trees, shrubs etc to bring it back to life after the winter. It's made from chicken poo.

I'm going to smoke this in my oldest, clapped out pipe to see if I can bring it back to life.

Watch this space for the results.

 

[SpeedyPete]

I've used many ebauchon blocks that had fantastic grain. It just goes sideways instead of up and down.

Good for blowfish pipes? *shrug*

Could be, if the grain's strong enough.

Rad

Gee, I feel so proud!!!

We've received response from The Man himself on a topic which I've raised!!!

Thank you Rad, for visiting here :bounce: :cheers: :bounce:

 

[Anonymous]

And a big Thank You for the clarification, Rad. :hat tip:

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