I have always been fascinated with the briar pipe. When I was a young
boy, I remember seeing an old pipe in my grandfather’s desk and on rare
occasions I would play with it and noted it had a peculiar taste when I
drew on it. In college many professors smoked a pipe and my chemistry
professor was no exception. In fact he had a short bent filled with
Granger hanging from his mouth at all times and was able to articulate
most clearly. I began to smoke a pipe in college and carried the
pleasure into medical school. There it seemed it was almost fashionable
and many docs, students and professors smoked. Pipe and tobacco pouches
were always in my white doctor’s coat and I lit it up almost anywhere in
the hospital or medical school. Folks certainly had their heads screwed
on straight in those days!
I became a professional pipe maker
because of my love for briar pipes. While starting this process, I
discovered a true passion to make fine briar pipes. My rustication
technique has received accolades from fellow pipe makers and customers
around the world some even saying it is the best available in today's
pipe making. The silver work you find on my pipes is done totally by
hand, in my shop in the Vermont woods. The briar in all pipes is aged
Grecian or Italian Briar.
