Because of the exorbitant price of cigarettes, I tried to smoke a pipe. I bought a pipe (Coppadocce with meerschaum inside) I bought tobacco (Black Luxury - tobacco which is ok) and I smoked it. It was a big sensation. I liked too much to smoke pipe and especially that cost me and less than cigarettes. The only thing I did not like the pipe was too big, I could not drive behind the wheel with his pipe in my mouth, I could not roll it between my fingers, I could not gesture with it in my hand, I could not get out in the club or on the street, all people looked at me funny .... .I took a smaller pipe (a Savinelli Minuto) which did not made any difference , I could not do my usuall activities with it.

I would have like to smoke cigars, which I did for a short period but could not find aromas of the pipe tobacco and the price was too high .... what to do? How do I delight with aromas of pipe tobacco without a pipe? The solution came quickly.

I simply took a cherry branch from the country side, I sanded it (manually) as a cigar, I drilled it with a handdrill and smoked it - SENSATION !!! I was so happy that it smoked ok that I smoked a few days until it burnt itself. I did another one from the same branch. I smoked a few days until it burnt itself too. I consulted the Internet, I learned that briar wood is the wood that is commonly used for manufacturing the smoking pipes because of the increased strenght in high temperatures.

After positive experiences with cherry pipes, I decided to order briar wood from the internet - too expensive for a Romanian, but then I discovered the qualities of this wood praised by all pipe smokers and manufacturers around the globe. I have invested in machinery and tools for woodturning and after some time I made my first cigar shaped smoking pipe from briar.

It was a success, even I can not believe I managed to make a pipe which smokes so well.

I noticed that about some time smoking it, the pipe turns black a little burn in the area where most often 15-20 mm output but this is inevitable and subsequently makes the pipe to become fragile and may break easily. To fix this I increased the size of the pipe wall combustion chamber to 3-4mm thickness and reduced the burning chamber to 13mm. It was the ideal solution. Later I managed to change my cigar so it can be used with 9mm filter and that way "Berca cigar filter" - wooden cigar 9mm filter briar – was born.

After many experiments and much feedback from smokers have concluded that this model of pipe could be very successful if they could last a lifetime if smoked all day long every day without the need for too much caring of - so I realized "berca cigar coated" – which has the combustion chamber lined with aluminum - material that does not interact with the combustion of tobacco and provide a lifetime for the cigar. This model retains the same dimensions as berca cigar filter and mouthpiece is fixed so that it can not be detached.

Each pipe is made of briar wood of very good quality. The mouthpiece is made of acrylic in different colors mainly black.