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[[File:YelloBole1945Ad.jpg|thumb|1945 Ad, courtesy Doug Valitchka]] | [[File:YelloBole1945Ad.jpg|thumb|1945 Ad, courtesy Doug Valitchka]] | ||
[[File:Yello bole1947 ad.jpg|thumb|1947 Ad featuring the "Honey-Girl", courtesy Doug Valitchka]][[File:Yello Bole AirOGrate 1966.jpg|thumb|1966 Add]] | [[File:Yello bole1947 ad.jpg|thumb|1947 Ad featuring the "Honey-Girl", courtesy Doug Valitchka]][[File:Yello Bole AirOGrate 1966.jpg|thumb|1966 Add]] | ||
As briar was hardly had during World War II, the KB&B Company embarked on a project of domestically grown briar wood, called Mission Briar or manzanita early in 1941. The '''Pacific Briarwood Company''', a subsidiary founded for this purpose, began harvesting the burls growing on the slopes of the Santa Cruz Mountains of California. Though this wood is botanically the same as briar form the Mediterranean countries, the smoking characteristics were not quite as good and the project was abandoned after the war. | As briar was hardly had during World War II, the KB&B Company embarked on a project of domestically grown briar wood, called [[Mission Briar]] or manzanita early in 1941. The '''Pacific Briarwood Company''', a subsidiary founded for this purpose, began harvesting the burls growing on the slopes of the Santa Cruz Mountains of California. Though this wood is botanically the same as briar form the Mediterranean countries, the smoking characteristics were not quite as good and the project was abandoned after the war. | ||
Was it for that reason? Advertising from the 1940's pictures the Yello-Bole "Honey Girl", who gently urges the pipe smoker to smoke the pipe with "a little honey in every bowl." In fact, honey was an ingredient of the material used to coat the inside of the bowl. It was said to provide a faster, sweeter break-in of the pipe. | Was it for that reason? Advertising from the 1940's pictures the Yello-Bole "Honey Girl", who gently urges the pipe smoker to smoke the pipe with "a little honey in every bowl." In fact, honey was an ingredient of the material used to coat the inside of the bowl. It was said to provide a faster, sweeter break-in of the pipe. | ||