Crafting the perfect pipe starts with sourcing the world’s best pipe materials

A collection of Briar Wood arranged in a wooden box or frame.
A piece of Briar wood with pencil lines drawn on it, set on a workbench with carpenter's tools in the background.
A notebook with lined paper, a block or Briar, a black pen, and several tools including drill bits, a chisel, a raw pipe stem, and a small screwdriver are arranged on a wooden table. In the background, there are paper receipts and a tissue box.
Black and white photo of a pipe stem being created on a textured surface. In the background, there are various tools and brushes.
Close-up of a metal lathe machine with the chuck, working on a tobacco pipe Delrin tenon in a workshop setting.

 Once the blocks are marked and cut, they are placed on the lathe for drilling and shaping

Close-up of a lathe machine, working on tobacco pipe blank with a with a Briar Chuck attached.
Close-up of a metal lathe with a Briar Chuck installed, and a pipe being turned. In a workshop or factory setting, with some sawdust or debris on the surface.
Woodworking lathe in use, shaping a Briar Pipe, surrounded by wood shavings.

 The Pipe begins to take its shape

Black and white photo of a table with a pad of paper, a pen, a ruler, an engineering drawing, and a wooden smoking pipe being created.
Close-up black-and-white photo of a sculpted piece of wood on a workbench with woodworking tools and materials in the background.
A workshop workspace with a tobacco pipe being created, a file, and various tools on a textured surface, black and white.
A smoking pipe being created, placed on a workbench near cans of epoxy and a roll of tape, in a workshop setting.
A person holding a textured smoking pipe, in a workshop surrounded by tools and equipment.
Person holding a small wooden smoking pipe, a woodturning project, in a workshop with tools and equipment in the background.

 Final shaping and sanding

A black and white photo of a wooden smoking pipe, a metal file, and some papers on a workbench or table.
A square Briar tobacco pipe on a workbench with tools and supplies in the background.
Black and white photo of a smoking pipe with a textured bowl and a smooth stem, placed on a light-colored surface. Surrounding objects include a pair of pliers, a small plastic container, a notebook, a pair of barrels, and other tools.
Wooden smoking pipe, sandpaper, pencil, notebook, and other office supplies on lined paper.
A black and white photo of a workbench with various tools including a pipe, screwdrivers, a T-square, a caliper, and a screwdriver.
A hand wearing a glove holding a small black cube smoking pipe, connected to a rod, placed on a crumpled white cloth on a table.
A black and white photo of a wooden smoking pipe placed on a flat surface. The pipe’s bowl is in the foreground, with the stem extending away. The background includes fitness kettlebells and other objects.
A wooden smoking pipe lies on a textured surface with various crafting tools and supplies blurred in the background.