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Hey All,

I have launched our new briar website:

http://www.thebriarshop.com/

We will have the items up by this atfternoon.

Any questions or comments welcome!

Leanu

has anyone tried this vendor? I'd love to know some first hand thoughts

I placed a small order with them yesterday to try their product. Shipped the same day!
Advertised as Extra quality from Spain.
I'll report back later.

I ordered 10 small extra plateaux blocks a few weeks ago. Upon arrival, I immediately took them to the shop and put them on a 120 grit belt to take a look at the grain. A few have some nice grain to them, but nothing "moving". Where I was disappointed was in the fact that two of the blocks had small cracks visible on the outside. They were small and didn't look too deep, so I didn't get too concerned. Then I drilled the first block and put it to the grinder. It exposed a nasty fission and two cracks (running different directions).

I still have 9 others to cut into after I have the time to set up my new lathe <does happy dance>, so I'm hoping for the best. I'll repost after I've cut into a few more.

It sounds like they're re-selling Jaume hom's blocks then. I had a batch directly from him in which I encountered many of those little fissures. Those are usually a sign of a hasty curing time. decent price though, so not much to complain about.

I guess the mark-up here serves to pay for the much quicker service. It takes several months to get briar from europe on the cheap

OK, so here is one for all you experts out there, . . . . where do you purchase top notch briar from??? What i am asking is,.... even if it cost a little extra "$$$" where is the #1 online place to purchase top quality briar?

Boekweg wrote:OK, so here is one for all you experts out there, . . . . where do you purchase top notch briar from??? What i am asking is,.... even if it cost a little extra "$$$" where is the #1 online place to purchase top quality briar?

Mimmo.

http://www.romeobriar.com/main.html

Rad

Thank you Rad.