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BriarWorks International was founded by [[Todd Johnson]], who also acts as the current CEO. In the Spring of 2013, Todd hired his protege Pete Prevost of [[Prevost Pipes]]. Together, the two of them, along with the company’s Director of Operations, Rita Spellings, spent the rest of 2013 building a facility in Nashville and setting up what has become the only American pipe factory that produces exclusively in the United States. | [[File:BriarworksSignatureLineCalabash.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Signature Line Calabash, courtesy [http://briarworksintl.com/ Briarworks International]]][[File:NeptuneBentStackBlast.jpg|thumb|200px|Neptune Bent Stack Blast, courtesy [http://www.smokingpipes.com/ Smokingpipes.com]]][[File:NeptuneCherrywoodSmooth.jpg|thumb|200px|Neptune Smooth Cherrywood, courtesy [http://www.smokingpipes.com/ Smokingpipes.com]]][[File:IcarusDublinBlast.jpg|thumb|200px|Icarus Dublin Blast, courtesy [http://www.smokingpipes.com/ Smokingpipes.com]]][[File:IcasusSmoothApple.jpg|thumb|200px|Icarus Smooth Apple, courtesy [http://www.smokingpipes.com/ Smokingpipes.com]]]BriarWorks International was founded by [[Todd Johnson]], who also acts as the current CEO. In the Spring of 2013, Todd hired his protege Pete Prevost of [[Prevost Pipes]]. Together, the two of them, along with the company’s Director of Operations, Rita Spellings, spent the rest of 2013 building a facility in Nashville and setting up what has become the only American pipe factory that produces exclusively in the United States. | ||
BriarWorks International currently produce | BriarWorks International currently produce three lines: The Signature Line, The Neptune line, and the Icarus line. The Icarus line is distributed in the US through Music City Marketing, and internationally through BriarWorks International. The Neptune and Signature lines are distributed through Briaworks International. | ||
=== Neptune === | |||
Smokingpipes.com describes the Neptune line as, "crafted from Mimmo heath, lavished with a pleasantly daunting, hands-on attention to detail, (in fact, such an attention that it makes many 'one man; one pipe' marques pale in comparison). All Neptune pipes sport comfortably thin, hand-finished mouthpieces, the tenons are adhered in such a manner that fit will remain proper, no matter the humidity of a given region. Further, the stems/bits are milled out with a deep V-groove, filed smooth, sanded internally, and then polished. The smooth stains worn by Neptune briars are the exact same that Mr. Johnson uses in his multi-thousand dollar masterpieces, the darker sandblasts feature a dual stain, and you will find the quality of the actual blasting to be second-to-none. Finally, their champion line will be available in a mightily impressive array of shapes--forms designed specifically for the Neptune briar by some of the most talented artisans in the business."[http://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/new/Neptune/] | |||
BriarWorks International debuted the Neptune and Icaris lines at their launching party at the Chicago Pipe show in May of 2014. They are very impressive, especially considering the price point. | BriarWorks International debuted the Neptune and Icaris lines at their launching party at the Chicago Pipe show in May of 2014. They are very impressive, especially considering the price point. | ||