man the fingernails really through me off for a second
Me too.
There are lots of nice French made Algerian briar pipes on eBay.
She’s not a pipe seller but knew how to take good photos.
A French made Algerian will almost always have highly figured briar.
This one was used, but should clean up the new.
Cake and lava doesn’t stick hard, to Algerian briar. I’ll clean that up in ten minutes, inside and out. I’ll bet the bottom of the bowl is still pristine.
The owner might not have smoked that fifty times. They cake easy, and refuse to char. Why, I have no idea, but a cake stops or slows down coloring as does fancy grain figure.