The Briar Files

I have been re-reading a collection of anecdotes recently and have come across a couple of pipe-related anecdotes. I will be filing these u...

click to enlarge In this selection from a vintage ad (from 1935) found at The Gallery of the Absurd , there is--or may be--a lesson to be le...

Kūkaku Shiba is a character from the anime series Bleach . She is a former Soul Reaper who has gone renegade from the ranks of the Soul Rea...

Hello everyone, I'm still here, still have some stuff to post--I've just been taking a break. I thought I'd mention some new pip...

A simple ad from the World War 2 era featuring a picture of a Kaywoodie lovat, which they probably just called a Canadian. To my knowledge,...

Edward Charles Morris Fox (b. 1937) Edward Fox is from a family of actors and theatre people. His big breakthrough film was Day of the Jack...

Another vintage ad (check the archives for another) about pipes made from Bakelite , "the material of a thousand uses."

William Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965) "Only a mediocre writer is always at his best." English playwright, novelist and short stor...

The post on Pinako Rockbell has been updated with information and a link about the style of pipe she uses. Thanks to commenter BrSpiritus.

I had some computer problems last week and had to restore some backups, so I'm trying to make sure I don't duplicate any of my old p...

Just wanted to mention that I saw a movie last night that you might want to see if you're a fan of westerns and pipe-smoking. Barquero ,...

Jacques Faizant (1918-2006) From Comiclopedia : Jacques Faizant was one of France's most popular press illustrators. After studying at t...

Click to enlarge and you can read all the fine print. Probably from the 50s. I used to try filtered pipes when I was a pipe-n00b, and I di...

David Rose (1910 - 1990) David Rose was born in London but raised in Chicago. He was a songwriter, composer, arranger and pianist who wrote...

Thanks to a new picture and some further information from a reader, I have made an update to François Gros Louis . Click to check it out.

Composer David Rose advertises Edgeworth. More on David Rose for the next Featured Pipe Smoker.

Pinako Rockbell Pinako Rockbell is a character from the anime series Fullmetal Alchemist . The series (which also a manga) tells the story ...

Al Schacht , the "'Clown Prince' of Baseball," a fan of Edgeworth Ready-Rubbed.

Today I spent over an hour packing away my recent big tobacco order--big for me, anyway, at 3 pounds. One pound each of Bayou Night, Gray G...

Salvador Felip Jacint Dalí Domènech (1904-1989) Every morning upon awakening, I experience a supreme pleasure: that of being Salvador Dalí, ...