A few months ago I mentioned my girlfriend bought me a pipe when she was in Italy two years ago. I came to the realization after I really enjoyed smoking it that it was likely a cheaper no-name or even Chinese pipe. Since then my collection has grown via e-bay and restoring my Grandfather's old pipes. Unfortunately, my first non-cob, which my girlfriend got in Italy, broke in a recent move. To my good fortune, she just got back from Spain with a brand new Bruken Mini Millenium 422 quarter bent billiard. Love this pipe already. Also, had some fun searching around the internet and learned that the Bruken brand has been made in Spain for over three generations in Valencia. Bruc is Briar in a Valencian dialect. The original pipe maker changed the c to a k and added his initials Emilio Navarro to come up with Bruken. God do I love my girlfriend lately!
