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Has anybody ordered briar from Yazid and actually got it?

M.C.

Yes I did see the Chinese pipes.

We have an indigenous species in South Africa: Rhamnus prinoides (African Dogwood) and I was wondering if this would work. I should try and get hold of some although I do not have the faintest where to start looking.

African Blackwood's latin name is Dalbergia melanoxylon and Australian Blackwood Acacia melanoxylon , so I bet they are of the same genus. I have no idea what the latter looks like, but I have some African Blackwood rods on hand. They are not thick enough for stummels, but I have made a short mouth...