Still have many pipes here
some i carved from briarwood which is the root of the heath tree that the top manufactures use such as Dunhill which i have as well but no longer use of course. Natural finish grain polished with beeswax .
2 of the pipes have straight grain which command a high price if dunhill had made them.
Reason being one never knows what grain is in the block of wood or if it will be blemish free as sand particles or dirt easily gets embedded into the root of tree.
The shaving brush
i carved and assembled use several times a week.
Perhaps 1 day i take DNA board out of 1 of my nano's which i have already taken apart out of curiosity its easy and make my own "Nano" wood mod. ; )