What About Rosewood Pipes?

[mso489]

Cup O Joes offers a line of rosewood pipes for $19.99 each. They are around 5" long,

in various slightly unusual shapes (except for one Dublin, I would call it). I've seen rosewood

pipes other places, but more sketchy places, like eBay. Cup O Joes' rosewood pipes come with

a one-pipe pipe rest and a a sock/bag included. Does anyone have experience with rosewood,

as compared to other non-briar woods like pear or maple? I've looked at them over the years

and just feel puzzled. Does anyone know where these are made? Cup O Joes text is not so

expansive, not always a lot of information. (Right now I'm into small briar pipes, Group 1 and

2, so I don't expect to own a rosewood pipe to comment on it any time soon, but I wondered.)

I'm the Forums member with the Mountain Laurel pipes, which I can attest are fine smokers and

as good as briar in every way I can discern; but Mountain Laurel is a real specialty item and

not readily available, as near as I can tell.

 

[fishnbanjo]

I have one made by Brebbia and it smokes fine but does have an odd taste initially which dissipates once a cake forms, they can smoke hot so sipping is the norm for them,the bowl on this pipe is not removable.

 

[mso489]

fishnbanjo, that is the coolest kind of avant guard pipe I've seen, in a long time, or at all. It looks like a

light bulb a little, with the screw threads at the bottom. It's a nice looking piece of wood, as well.

I've scrolled through a number of Brebbia offerings online, and seen them at shows, but never that one.

I think it's a little beyond my sphere, but great to see! Those are interesting points on how rosewood

smokes. Since the COJ rosewoods are a minimal investment, maybe I will put those pipes on my back list.

Yours is a really great pipe, a real creative tour de force. Thank you for posting that photo.
Anyone else tried rosewood?

 

[cmdrmcbragg]

My first wood pipe was rosewood. Like fishnbanjo, I can confirm that the taste at first is not like briar and it does smoke hot. That being said, for a budget pipe it isn't bad. Mine broke recently, the tenon snapped off in the shank. The stem was made of cheap plastic. You get what you pay for I guess.