Algerian Briar in Pipe Lover’s Magazine November 1948

[Briar Lee]

Thomas Moore penned an article on Algerian briar for the November 1948 issue of Pipe Lover’s Magazine.

Here it is set out in full.

 

[macaroni]

Thnx for this. Reading it in snippets to savor the pleasure! How you find this stuff amazes me!

 

[Briar Lee]

Thnx for this. Reading it in snippets to savor the pleasure! How you find this stuff amazes me!

Mainly it was curiousity as to why my best smoking pipes color like this.




I found out why oxblood stain is so popular today.

The color of all raw briar is nearly white, a light shade of tan.

 

[Speak Easy]

Thanks for the article. That was a great read.