Quote Originally Posted by Desertlifter View Post
My first attempt for a contest I hosted elsewhere. The pipe smokes amazingly well - as good as my higher end pipes, and was just a pre-drilled block as has been suggested.


Excellent job, especially for your first pipe. Justified that it's a smoker.

Briar kits, especially if they have burl, aren't a standard saw mill product so they're often cut from more desirable briar than that used by machine makers.