Briarwood Smoking Pipe with Padauk Inlayed Cap and an Oval Stem insta9 as most olive wood used

as most olive wood used for pipes is sourced from pruned branches or mature trees that are no longer producing fruit

and earthy aroma or "nutty" character

and the other flattened on one side

Thickness: 1

a species native to Mexico

Briarwood Smoking Pipe with Padauk Inlayed Cap and an Oval Stem insta9 as most olive wood usedThis pipe is made from vintage Italian Briarwood. The wood was originally harvested in the 1960s. After being in storage for over half a century, the raw wood made its way to the United States and eventually in to the hands of our artisans. Inlayed in to the cap is a colorful wood called Padauk. This wood, Pterocarpus soyauxii, also known as Vermillion, is a hardwood native to central and tropical west Africa. The stem is an easy to hold oval shape.