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From The Cabin Coffee Table — An occasional look back at what the old Codgers saw and smoked (with a little detour and frolic, here and there):
Some may recall some pages back, during the early War years, a commentary about alternative pipe materials as traditional Mediterranean briar sources became unavailable. Some alternatives, such as Breezewood pipes made from mountain laurel, did not fare well. Another of the alternatives mentioned was California briar, marketed as “Mission Briar”, into which several pipe manufacturers invested.
Here’s a later ad promoting the fruits of that wartime investment.
Some may recall some pages back, during the early War years, a commentary about alternative pipe materials as traditional Mediterranean briar sources became unavailable. Some alternatives, such as Breezewood pipes made from mountain laurel, did not fare well. Another of the alternatives mentioned was California briar, marketed as “Mission Briar”, into which several pipe manufacturers invested.
Here’s a later ad promoting the fruits of that wartime investment.