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Thanks Sasquatch.

Final update:

He did give me the refund I asked for.
So It seems he is quite willing to stand behind his product.
I don't have much experience with briar, but it does seem pretty light, weight-wise, which I hear is a good thing.

Update:

He responded to me right after my last post, and asked how much for the bad briar including shipping. I think another $100 is fair, and told him that.
Nothing in Paypal as yet, but it hasn't been very long.

I have an update on my dealings. I sent ebay a return notification, as there is buyer protection. Before Zavvos got the notification from them, he refunded a good portion for the two blocks I told him about. When he got a copy of my return form, he wrote this to me: "Few days ago you sent me a ...

I had the same experience and reported it to the supplier; no justice was found there.

That was my last order from that company.[/quote]

I bought on ebay through Paypal, do I'm hoping for the best on getting some money back.

Sas +1. A couple of years ago I tried some blocks (ebauchons) from that supplier. It was obviously old and dark colored and pretty hard (no, not you Sas) :lol: Thankfully I did not buy much of it. Out of 25 or so blocks I believe I had one that remained smooth. The rest were riddled with sand pits....

kamkiel wrote:That sucks about your briar.

I wanted to ask you about your drilling though. Are you drilling the chamber first?

Yes Kamkiel,

I have just gotten to the point where I cut the profile first, then drill the Chamber. I'll get to that freehand pretty soon.

Sasquatch wrote:Presumably that's the Zavvos supply out of Greece?

Been there, done that.

The worst of it is that wood smokes great if you can get a clean piece, but sooo many are full of holes.

You Got it Sasquatch!

[quote="WCannoy"]Ah yes, the wood boring beetle larvae...

I discovered a couple of these guys in a small batch of briar that I was sampling for a new project.

Gross WCannoy!

Thanks everyone for the responses. Much appreciated.

Thanks Massis.

It was brand new from the shipment. The seller boasted 25 years of drying. I had another large piece, that I had to chop away over half of, and try to salvage the rest for a much smaller pipe.

Hello guys and gal. I've been reading here for a couple weeks now but haven't seen a description/explanation of what this is. I ordered this briar from Greece, and with the shipping charge it was quite pricy. The outside looked awesome, and didn't have a mark. I drilled the air hole and tobacco cham...

Impressive! Thanks for sharing.

Great thread! Thank for all the entries.

Really appreciate the detail of the pics and descriptions.