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 '''''From Pipes, Artisans and Trademarks, by José Manuel Lopes'''''
-'''Mission Briar''' was a brand created during WW II, which disappeared soon afterwards. In 1941, due to the difficulty of importing brair, [[Kaufman Brothers & Bondy]], through [[Kaywoodie]] , and the [[Reiss-Premier Co.]], started making pipes out of Manzanita burls, known as "mission briar".
+'''Mission Briar''' was a brand created during WW II, which disappeared soon afterwards. In 1941, due to the difficulty of importing brair, [[Kaufmann Bros. & Bondy]], through [[Kaywoodie]] , and the [[Reiss-Premier Co.]], started making pipes out of Manzanita burls, known as "mission briar".
-The Pacific Briarwood Company, a [[Kaufman Brothers & Bondy]] subsidiary, owned plantations of the bush in the Santa Cruz mountains in California. As the quality of the wood was not as good as briar, the project was abandoned soon after the war.
+The Pacific Briarwood Company, a Kaufmann Bros. & Bondy subsidiary, owned plantations of the bush in the Santa Cruz mountains in California. As the quality of the wood was not as good as briar, the project was abandoned soon after the war.
 [[Monterey]] pipes were made using Mission brother by [[Kaywoodie]].