What are Some Famous American Pipe Manufacturers?
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Kaywoodie............. Dr. Grabow............. Missouri Meerschaum...........
Thanks! Missouri is a good and cheaper brand!
Here’s a whole bunch. Well the start of a whole bunch. American Pipe Brands & Makers A - B - Pipedia - https://pipedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/American_Pipe_Brands_%26_Makers_A_-_B
Thank you! I would like to know some very influential and popular brands.
I am not too familiar with the pipe manufacturers in the USA but there are many, many incredible Artisan pipe makers.
Kaufmann Bros. & Bondy - Pipedia
William Demuth Company - Pipedia
Bertram - Pipedia
Burak - Pipedia
J.M. Boswell - Pipedia
Colossus Pipe Factory - Pipedia
Connoisseur - Pipedia
Custom-Bilt - Pipedia
Dr. Grabow - Pipedia
Don-Lou - Pipedia
Ehrlich's - Pipedia
Emperor - Pipedia
Forecaster - Pipedia
F.J. Kaldenberg Company - Pipedia
M. Linkman & Co. - Pipedia
LHS - Pipedia
Manhattan Briar Pipe Co. - Pipedia
Marxman - Pipedia
Mastercraft - Pipedia
Medico - Pipedia
Mincer - Pipedia
Missouri Meerschaum - Pipedia
National Briar Pipe Co. - Pipedia
Reiss-Premier Co. - Pipedia
S. M. Frank & Co. - Pipedia
The Doodler - Pipedia
Weber Pipe Co. - Pipedia
There are manufacturers (ie factories) vs artisans (individual) makers.
Are you looking for factory made or artisanal pipes ?
Unfortunately with the decline in smoking a lot of manufacturers have closed or shrunk in size, not only in the USA, but worldwide.
Retailers like SmokingPipes and Blue Room Briars carry quite a few American makers. They are a good starting point.
Pipedia is a very good resource.,
Otherwise Google "American / USA Tibacco Pipes" and a list of threads on these Forums will come up.
Are you looking for factory made or artisanal pipes ?
Unfortunately with the decline in smoking a lot of manufacturers have closed or shrunk in size, not only in the USA, but worldwide.
Retailers like SmokingPipes and Blue Room Briars carry quite a few American makers. They are a good starting point.
Pipedia is a very good resource.,
Otherwise Google "American / USA Tibacco Pipes" and a list of threads on these Forums will come up.
If you are looking for artisans there are dozens, hundreds maybe. Some of my favorites (of which a few have stopped carving but can still be found as estates) are Nate King, Scottie Piersel, J Alan, Ryan Alden, Abe Herbaugh, JT Cooke, Lee Von Erck, Bruce Weaver (RIP), Rad Davis, David S. Huber, SmithHouse Pipes, Yeti Pipes, Dragon Briars, Elliot Nachwalter, Nathan Armentrout, Walt Cannoy, Scott Thile, Kraig Seder, Adam Davidson, Bill Shalosky, Clark Layton, Jared Coles, Jody Davis, Mark and Glenn Tinsky, Larry Roush, Micah Redmond, Randy Wiley….
Among others ?
Among others ?
This is the real question to be asked. I can think of many older American pipe manufacturers, many of which are no longer operational, but I can think of a lot more individual artisans currently producing fantastic pipes. We are living in an American pipe making renaissance.
Many U.S. factory pipe makers are either no longer in business or really small. beefeater' named the three highest volume U.S. tobacco pipe manufacturers. I think Dr. Grabow is the largest U.S. maker of briar pipes by volume, and it is not a large organization. Missouri Meerschaum makes the highest volume overall, mostly cob pipes and some hardwood pipes. Kaywoodie makes Kaywoodie pipes and sub-brands Yello-Bole and Medico; I hear it is almost a one man operation, I guess with some part-time assistants.
By comparison, Italian, French, English, and Irish pipe factories produce higher volume than U.S. factories, I'd guess from offerings online. Probably the Danish as well.
By comparison, Italian, French, English, and Irish pipe factories produce higher volume than U.S. factories, I'd guess from offerings online. Probably the Danish as well.
Good list. To those mentioned, I would add Trever Talbert, Paul Bonacquisti and Rolando Negoita.
Here is a list of pipes from Reborn Pipes:
Pipes from American Companies
Pipes from American Companies
Two of my favorite U.S. made pipes, one of them still in production and the other maybe not, are: The Kaywoodie Saxon series which I have in a straight billiard and a four-square billiard panel -- these are still in production though they go in and out of inventory online, and the Dr. Grabow Royalton bent bulldog which has disappeared for a while. I think perhaps an old timer who turned that beautiful shape with artisan precision has retired. The Royaltons are still available in other shapes (I also have an apple) and they have durable acrylic stems.
If anyone knows people at the Dr. Grabow factory in Sparta, please pass along my special admiration and thanks for whoever carved those Royalton bulldogs, one of the best bulldogs done without bead lines on the bowl. It's a classic among both factory and artisan pipes, in my opinion.
If anyone knows people at the Dr. Grabow factory in Sparta, please pass along my special admiration and thanks for whoever carved those Royalton bulldogs, one of the best bulldogs done without bead lines on the bowl. It's a classic among both factory and artisan pipes, in my opinion.
