Yesterday I received a couple of packages from fellow IG-ers; one from Mike Lancaster at TPC (www.tobaccopipecollectors.com), and one from Aaron Strange (www.etsy.com/shop/BriarBoy). Now the Stubby Poker with a Waist was crafted by Jan Szymon Golowacz in Poland and stamped JSG. It's a bitty little pipe with very nice bark carving marks on the black bowl and natural wood grain on top and bottom--looks like a tree stump! I really love any pipe that can stand on its own. I smoked a bowl of some Cherry Bomb tobacco last night and I didn't want it to end! It draws nicely and it's a great little poker. Jan is a awesome pipe maker...I wish him much success in Poland--JSG pipes are welcomed into my collection any time!!The Plateau Briar Tamper is a very unique and well made piece if art which features beautiful colored grain, root "bumps", for a lack of a better word, style and metal rings! That's right, metal rings. As I mentioned to Aaron on IG, "it looks too purrty to git dirty". it has such a smooth polish with both soft and hard edges. BriarBoy is a artist and craftsman and everyone should enjoy any one of his tampers!
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