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Hand-cut Briars by Maker Travers LaRue were made and sold in his  shop "Virginia Tobacco and Pipe Shoppe " in Langley on Whidbey Island, Wa. between 1972- 1983. LaRue died in 1983.  Trav custom designed " free-hands " or classic shapes. A sterlong dot on the shank along with his signature marked his designs. Trav taught his son-in-law Charles Whitmore the trade and soon he became a pipe maker too. The shop produced a hand-cut from 75 year old Italian briar  known as the " Whidbey Islander ". These were mostly made by Chuck Whitmore that could be ordered with your own name inscribed. The shop was also known for hand blended pipe tobacco that was 100% pure premium quality American and imported tobaccos. The most famous being " Brown Crock ". The 1936 Hollywood Pipe Shop recipe that Bing Crosby smoked exclusively and loved by many. The family still owns the recipe.  If you find one of either a whidbey island, or a larue, peaceangel12000@yahoo.com is buying them for top dollar.
Hand-cut Briars by Master Pipe Maker Travers LaRue were made and sold in his  shop "Virginia Tobacco and Pipe Shoppe " in Langley on Whidbey Island, Wa. between 1972- 1983. LaRue died in 1983.  Trav custom designed " free-hands " or classic shapes. A sterlong dot on the shank along with his signature marked his designs. Trav taught his son-in-law Charles Whitmore the trade and soon he became a pipe maker too. The shop produced a hand-cut from 75 year old Italian briar  known as the " Whidbey Islander ". These were mostly made by Chuck Whitmore that could be ordered with your own name inscribed. The shop was also known for hand blended pipe tobacco that was 100% pure premium quality American and imported tobaccos. The most famous being " Brown Crock ". The 1936 Hollywood Pipe Shop recipe that Bing Crosby smoked exclusively and loved by many. The family still owns the recipe.  If you find one of either a whidbey island, or a larue, peaceangel12000@yahoo.com is buying them for top dollar.
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Revision as of 01:00, 22 August 2012

Hand-cut Briars by Maker Travers LaRue were made and sold in his shop "Virginia Tobacco and Pipe Shoppe " in Langley on Whidbey Island, Wa. between 1972- 1983. LaRue died in 1983. Trav custom designed " free-hands " or classic shapes. A sterlong dot on the shank along with his signature marked his designs. Trav taught his son-in-law Charles Whitmore the trade and soon he became a pipe maker too. The shop produced a hand-cut from 75 year old Italian briar known as the " Whidbey Islander ". These were mostly made by Chuck Whitmore that could be ordered with your own name inscribed. The shop was also known for hand blended pipe tobacco that was 100% pure premium quality American and imported tobaccos. The most famous being " Brown Crock ". The 1936 Hollywood Pipe Shop recipe that Bing Crosby smoked exclusively and loved by many. The family still owns the recipe. If you find one of either a whidbey island, or a larue, peaceangel12000@yahoo.com is buying them for top dollar.