Seems the (late?) Bill Craig owned the Fireside Pipe Shop in Hurffville, New Jersey, and he carried both pipes made my well-known factories and pipes made in his shop, carrying the Craig marque. Most I've seen say "Craig," but I found one marked "Fireside Pipe Shop." I've found several mildly-interesting freehands, a blobby one with two bowls integrated into the same block, a cavalier with a forward-aimed lower plug, and one really crazy freehand pictured here, missing its stem:
I just won this crazy thing. I had wanted to own one really wild freehand. Did I pay an okay price? I'll get a replacement stem soon, either in a color as close as possible to the ferrule on the shank, or something contrasting (ideas?).
Anyone know more about him or his shop? Any idea whether this is the shop's work or a relabeled pipe? If the former, did Mr. Craig himself carve them? And is there any known significance to the "O H 1" stamp on the shank?
I just won this crazy thing. I had wanted to own one really wild freehand. Did I pay an okay price? I'll get a replacement stem soon, either in a color as close as possible to the ferrule on the shank, or something contrasting (ideas?).
Anyone know more about him or his shop? Any idea whether this is the shop's work or a relabeled pipe? If the former, did Mr. Craig himself carve them? And is there any known significance to the "O H 1" stamp on the shank?