Briar Portrait Gallery

The Pipe Smoker’s Poker Deck is now on sale!

We’re back from an amazing Chicagoland Pipe Show and we were blown away by the reception of the Pipe Smoker’s Poker Deck. Over 200 of the initial 500 deck run flew off the shelves at the show. We’ve returned from the show and now it’s your turn to get your hands on the deck that took [...]
Pipe Smoker’s Poker Deck Revealed

Briar Portrait Gallery Unveils “The Pipe Smoker’s Poker Deck” Kansas City, KS – April 28th, 2013- The Briar Portrait Gallery (BPG) announced today the launch of its newest product, “The Pipe Smoker’s Poker Deck” just in time for the Chicagoland Pipe Collector’s Club Pipe Show. This beautiful 54 card deck features full color portraits of [...]
Alex Florov’s Reverse Calabash Blowfish: A Tale of Two Bashes

The Tale of Two Bashes, by Dustin Babitzke and Ethan Brandt Just north of Chicago, in the small town of Round Lake, there lives a man. Working for a local business as a humble model maker, this man, Alex, seems to be just like us all. But to the Secret Society of Pipe Smokers we [...]
Reverse Calabash: Just what is it and why do we love it.

Today I’ve asked friend of the blog and host of one of my favorite Pipe Blogs, Pipe School, Ethan Brandt over to discuss the world of the Reverse Calabash. We’ve both been smoking these pipes for a few years but recently we’ve seen a boom in pipe makers all over the world bringing this shape [...]
Introducing the “Pipe Cave” Poster Series

We’ve had a ton of requests here at the BPG to do a series of posters for people to decorate their Pipe Caves with and we are happy to oblige. We’re currently photographing a series of 10 “Pipe Cave” decorations and will be uploading them to the site in the coming weeks. Some are pipe [...]
Stephen Downie Channels Professor Moriarty

Pipe Carver and Artist Stephen Downie recently sent over a new pipe to the BPG that blew us away. Drawing inspiration from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s infamous villain, Professor Moriarty, Stephen created a complex and awe-inspiring Calabash that is worthy of one of literatures great antagonist. By pressing several slats of ebony and maple together, Mr. Downie [...]
Maigurs Knets named our Quarterly Pipe Maker Spotlight Winner

Maigurs Knets is one of the greatest living Pipe Makers. There, I said it, and I stand by it. Born in Latvia but now living in the beautiful land of Lake Geneva, WI, Maigurs Knets is one of the main inspirations for the development of The Briar Portrait Gallery. Maigurs was a model maker by [...]
Introducing SAVA Pipes

Today we introduce an amazing new artist to the Blowfish Aquarium. Welcome to Andrew Savenko or as he’s known to the Pipe Community, SAVA. We have added two fantastic works of art to the Aquarium. We start with a smaller, elegant, and streamlined blowfish that has gorgeous side paneling and construction. Then we move on [...]

The Pipe Smoker’s Poker Deck is now on sale!

We’re back from an amazing Chicagoland Pipe Show and we were blown away by the reception of the Pipe Smoker’s Poker Deck. Over 200 of the initial 500 deck run flew off the shelves at the show. We’ve returned from the show and now it’s your turn to get your hands on the deck that took [...]

Pipe Smoker’s Poker Deck Revealed

Briar Portrait Gallery Unveils “The Pipe Smoker’s Poker Deck” Kansas City, KS – April 28th, 2013- The Briar Portrait Gallery (BPG) announced today the launch of its newest product, “The Pipe Smoker’s Poker Deck” just in time for the Chicagoland Pipe Collector’s Club Pipe Show. This beautiful 54 card deck features full color portraits of [...]

Alex Florov’s Reverse Calabash Blowfish: A Tale of Two Bashes

The Tale of Two Bashes, by Dustin Babitzke and Ethan Brandt Just north of Chicago, in the small town of Round Lake, there lives a man. Working for a local business as a humble model maker, this man, Alex, seems to be just like us all. But to the Secret Society of Pipe Smokers we [...]

Reverse Calabash: Just what is it and why do we love it.

Today I’ve asked friend of the blog and host of one of my favorite Pipe Blogs, Pipe School, Ethan Brandt over to discuss the world of the Reverse Calabash. We’ve both been smoking these pipes for a few years but recently we’ve seen a boom in pipe makers all over the world bringing this shape [...]