Brylon?

[mso489]

I think any pipe or tobacco that gets too much of a "bad mouth" gains a certain allure. I don't think having a Brylon on the rack, or maybe in the drawer, is a bad thing. As pointed out, they are waterproof and durable and might have their uses over time. I just feel badly if that is a person's introduction to pipe smoking. It's kind of a less pleasing way to start. A Dr. Grabow or a cob will do the job at a low price. Save the Brylon experience for stocking your tackle box or back country pickup.

 

[condorlover1]

I think they should all be fed into log chippers along with my annoying Father in Law and all Falcon Pipes plus their owners. I mean really chaps could you see George Orwell smoking a Brylon. Answer no! I could see Oliver Reed trying to shove a Brylon into a very private place of one of his drinking chums but smoke one never! Brylon are the Erector Set of the pipe smoking fraternity.

 

[mso489]

I withhold my scorn for Brylon out of deference for the guy who was a fire reclamation pro and felt his Brylons were useful in really gritty dirty work situations. But even my very homespun briars can smoke so well, I'll stick with them.

 

[pagan]

A bad Brylon beginner pipe will kill your pipe career quick, get a cheap cob pipe and find an inexpensive briar pipe to stat out with

 

[jerwynn]

Brylon causes cancer in small, cute, cuddly laboratory animals in the State Of California... it's those 2,3benzopyrene/polymer combustion by-products. Smoked insanely hot, it can, however, be drawn out and spun into something useful... like panty-hose.

 

[tuold]

I once tried to defend my poor, maligned Brylon pipe.
"In Defense of Brylon Pipes"
It still gets some burn time every now and then.