Clay Pipe Making: The Victorian Way

[PipeIT]

Not sure if this Clay pipe making article was ever posted here.

Clay Pipe Making: The Victorian Way

By Jason Sandy Beginning in the late 16th century, clay pipe making has been a long tradition in England, passed on from generation to generation. From the 17th century onwards, pipe makers used iron molds in order to produce their clay pipes. Historians were not exactly sure how the earliest...

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@halfdan

 

[Call Me Late]

I love this. I’m actually surprised there aren’t more people trying this form or pipe making. Might be a good niche for pipe makers to stake out.

 

[PipeIT]

Here’s a youtube video of Rex Key.

 

[PipeIT]

I don’t know of Rex is still making clay pipes, but I found this.

Meet the UK’s last clay tobacco pipemaker

www.ironbridge.org.uk

Be sure to check out the link at the bottom, wow!

Broseley Pipeworks – The Ironbridge Gorge Museums

Broseley was the centre of the clay tobacco pipe-making world – now this former factory is a time-capsule museum of the curious industry.

www.ironbridge.org.uk

So wow, it’s a Clay Pipe Tobacco Museum.

 

[PipeIT]

Oliver Meeson mentioned in the article, he has a website.

Home

www.ojmeeson-pipemaker.co.uk

Hmm, I wonder if he is the last clay tobacco pipemaker in Britain?

BBC article on Oliver Meeson.

Shropshire craftsman, 24, among last clay pipe-makers

Oliver Meeson, 24, says he was introduced to clay pipe making by "complete coincidence".

www.bbc.com

WOW clay pipe making is listed as an Endangered Craft in the UK!

The Red List of Endangered Crafts

The advocacy body for traditional heritage crafts

heritagecrafts.org.uk

 

[fireground_piper]

I love this. I’m actually surprised there aren’t more people trying this form or pipe making. Might be a good niche for pipe makers to stake out.

I don’t think people are out there paying good money for clay pipes. I imagine if you aren’t making and selling in reasonable sized batches, it would be hard to make any money.

 

[PipeIT]

I don’t think people are out there paying good money for clay pipes. I imagine if you aren’t making and selling in reasonable sized batches, it would be hard to make any money.

I can’t wait to try a Clarin clay pipe, and I hope their business does good.

Clarin Clay Pipes

Os Clarin Clay Pipes são sempre uma boa! Celebre bons momentos com o que há de melhor nesse mundo! Clarin Clay Pipes, the worldwide best-in-class is waking up!

www.clarinclaypipes.com

 

[Call Me Late]

I don’t think people are out there paying good money for clay pipes. I imagine if you aren’t making and selling in reasonable sized batches, it would be hard to make any money.

I wasn’t thinking in terms of profit as much as creativity.

 

[The Clay King]

Oliver Meeson mentioned in the article, he has a website.

Home

www.ojmeeson-pipemaker.co.uk

Hmm, I wonder if he is the last clay tobacco pipemaker in Britain?

BBC article on Oliver Meeson.

Shropshire craftsman, 24, among last clay pipe-makers

Oliver Meeson, 24, says he was introduced to clay pipe making by "complete coincidence".

www.bbc.com

WOW clay pipe making is listed as an Endangered Craft in the UK!

The Red List of Endangered Crafts

The advocacy body for traditional heritage crafts

heritagecrafts.org.uk

@PipeIT I'd love to meet him - and maybe have a go at making a clay!

 

[PipeIT]

@PipeIT I'd love to meet him - and maybe have a go at making a clay!

I sent Oliver an email, and received a reply back today.

I am indeed still making pipes and I can post the U.S. however the cost of such is quite high. There should be photos on my website, ojmeeson-pipemaker.co.uk, prices are £3.50 for Prince of Wales bubble pipe, £5 for thorn, briar, rustic, RAF gremlin, basket weave, hoof, £8.50 for Derry and £7.50 for 17th century. I have attached some of the photos of the pipes in the order I have mentioned.

 

[The Clay King]

I sent Oliver an email, and received a reply back today.

I am indeed still making pipes and I can post the U.S. however the cost of such is quite high. There should be photos on my website, ojmeeson-pipemaker.co.uk, prices are £3.50 for Prince of Wales bubble pipe, £5 for thorn, briar, rustic, RAF gremlin, basket weave, hoof, £8.50 for Derry and £7.50 for 17th century. I have attached some of the photos of the pipes in the order I have mentioned.

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@PipeIT Love them! If I was in the Sealed Knot the 17th Century pipes would be my pipe of choice!

 

[PipeIT]

@PipeIT Love them! If I was in the Sealed Knot the 17th Century pipes would be my pipe of choice!

This Sealed Knot?

The Sealed Knot

www.thesealedknot.org.uk

Why haven’t you joined?

 

[The Clay King]

This Sealed Knot?

The Sealed Knot

www.thesealedknot.org.uk

Why haven’t you joined?

@PipeIT Yes that's the Sealed Knot I referred to - still looking into it! One of the members says I'd need 50g of pipe baccy for a weekend re-enactment; got to keep the fire burning!