Bad Briar II

RadDavis · Post by **RadDavis** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 7:37 pm

This is a piece of Mimmo's briar:

Looks like it has great potential for a nice flame grain smooth or ring grain blast billiard, doesn't it?

Well:

This was a $50.00 block. Shit happens.

Fortunately, I only average about 1 or two of these per year. This is one of the more spectacular ones. It sure does suck.

BTW, one of those holes is *supposed* to be there.

Rad

Post by **KurtHuhn** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 8:45 pm

Wow, that *is* rather spectacular. Bad luck.

JHowell · Post by **JHowell** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 9:03 pm

If you only get one or two like that a year you're favored. My last order just about ate me alive. Out of one run of ten blocks I lost six to huge flaws. And these were the best blocks of the order, not the little weird ones.

wdteipen · Post by **wdteipen** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 1:04 am

Wow, that's tough luck. I've been pretty lucky so far but I don't want to jinx myself so I won't say so.

jeff · Post by **jeff** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 2:05 am

I hope you've contacted Mimmo to let him know.

I ran into one several years ago (there have been many since, to be clear) that was large enough that I could actually fit a marble in it. I put it aside for a year or so as a shop spectacle. Then I realized that I could shape a much smaller pipe out of it after all. Smooth, no less. I think I made $800 on that save. If only they were all so.

Don't worry about that flaw, though, Rad. Just slap some bowl coat in it and no one will be the wiser.

Post by **KurtHuhn** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:50 am

jeff wrote:Don't worry about that flaw, though, Rad. Just slap some bowl coat in it and no one will be the wiser.

That's what my wife said about this one:

I actually did end up covering it with bowl coating and finishing the pipe one sunday afternoon, and nobody is the wiser. It sits in my rack though, and it smokes like a dream (just finished a bowl full of Krumble Kake):

The pipe will probably outlast me....

smokepiper · Post by **smokepiper** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:45 am

you need to X-ray the blocks to avoid such flaws and who have the time or money to do that. Mimmo can´t garantie the inside of the blocks but it´s sad it happens. Some days are lucky ones other is expensive. I have had 4 blocks this week 3 last week, but the blocks will heat my house instead so that is something good about it.