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jmatt

Part of the Furniture Now
Aug 25, 2014
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OK - all of you out there with this highly contagious PAD. I realize there's all variety of collections possible, from the Italian collector to the straight grain collector, to the billiard collector, to the Dunhill collector.
But simply as far as brands go, in order to have a decent collection of the most significant brands historically, which brands go on the list?
Dunhill

Peterson

Savinelli

Stanwell

Kaywoodie

Butz-Choquin

etc.
What brand would you think most people should have at least one of in their collection?

 

sablebrush52

The Bard Of Barlings
Jun 15, 2013
19,626
44,846
Southern Oregon
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Historically significant:
Family era Barling YOW, Special, Guinea Grain, Quaint

Comoy - Blue Riband, Extraordinaire, Specimen Straight Grain

Sasieni 4 and/or 8 Dot

Charatan - Pre-Lane and Lane Era

Dunhill - patent era, shell, DRR

Loewe

BBB

GBD

Ser Jacopo

Castello

Caminetto

Savinelli

Sixten Ivarsson

Upshall

Ashton

Talbert - Goblin, Halloween

Kaywoodie - shank logo super grain, pre-war flame grain

Jack H Weinberger

Mark Tinsky

Dr Gabrow

Linkman's

Marxman

William Demuth

Lewis

Nachwalter

Paul Perri

Roush

Butera

Kirsten
There are many others who I have forgotten to add, this list being just off the top of my head, and there are others who are just as accomplished, but these are makes and makers with long careers, whose work influenced many others. I have roughly half of these, so my motley collection is woefully incomplete from a historic standpoint.

 

dmcmtk

Lifer
Aug 23, 2013
3,672
1,685
Without going to far into the esoteric, and based on the parameters of the OP,

Dunhill

Sasieni

Barling's

Peterson's

Stanwell

Charatan's

Comoy's
and....

 

cobguy

Lifer
Oct 18, 2013
3,742
15
What brand would you think most people should have at least one of in their collection?
No matter what briars you end up choosing, everyone should also have at least a couple of MM Cobs.
As for historical significance, they've been handcrafted for over 145 years in Washington, Missouri.

 
Dec 24, 2012
7,195
456
Jesse has a good list there. I would add JT Cooke to that list though - I certainly think he is historically significant with respect to the evolution of sandblasting in construction of fine pipes.

 

lucky695

Part of the Furniture Now
Apr 2, 2013
795
143
it's hard to pick a specific "BRAND". I love hand mades. They are art work to me...some I have I havent' got the courage up yet to put a match to. For Smoking purposes though it varies. I was always told I had to get a birthyear Peterson...which I did a few months back. Peterson 307. Great pipe!!!

But +1 on cobguy I love my MM Country Gentleman.

 

sablebrush52

The Bard Of Barlings
Jun 15, 2013
19,626
44,846
Southern Oregon
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Cooke is definitely an oversight. I also neglected to mention Genod, Butz-Choquin, and Salomon & Gluckstein. We tend to be a bit Anglocentric in our thinking, but the classic shapes are originally French, not English, and without the French pipemakers' introduction of briar, none of the rest mentioned above, excepting cobs and Barling, would have been around. I'm including Barling because they were already a pipe making/mounting concern offering meerschaum pipes before the introduction of briar. They'd been around for close to a century before Dunhill started up.

 

pruss

Lifer
Feb 6, 2013
3,558
370
Mytown
I also second Jesse's list, and the subsequent additions.
To the "historically significant" list I'd add...

- Comoy's - Royal and Patent Grand Slam pipes (with the filter works intact)

- KB&B - Pat. App. For Drinkless pipes

- Custombilt - Mincer Era pipes
-- Pat

 

mrenglish

Lifer
Dec 25, 2010
2,220
72
Columbus, Ohio
Falcon

Rad Davis

Nate King

Thomas James

Ryan Alden

Eric Gainey

Briar Bird

J&J Pipes

Clark Layton
The bottom five on this list are all relatively new to the scene but are doing some fantastic work.
I would also add Chheda to the list. Premal has been instrumental in helping new American pipe carvers up their game in quality and engineering. We are also seeing a lot more collaboration between American pipe makers which, in my opinion, is due to Premal. There has always been a sharing of knowledge but I think he's given it more visibility and we are seeing more pipes for sale with several pipe makers working on them together.

 

tppytel

Starting to Get Obsessed
Sep 23, 2014
156
0
I agree with Nording's inclusion, and I'd add Preben Holm as another notable Danish make. The suggestions seem very Anglocentric so far. Of course, you could add Sixten Ivarsson and other big Danish artisans, but those tend to be solidly in collector territory. I think Preben Holm and Nording represent the history well without breaking the bank. I'm not a big Danish enthusiast, so I'm probably missing others too.

 
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klause

Guest
Everything on Sablebrush's list.
And, gonna have to add:
Celius - specifically the Root series

Zettervig - his work is patchy, but when he shines he blinds

Balkovec - going places

 

jmatt

Part of the Furniture Now
Aug 25, 2014
770
74
From France I think there's a big 3:
Butz-Choquin (already mentioned)

Chacom

Ropp

 

newbroom

Lifer
Jul 11, 2014
6,088
6,410
Florida
Obviously a wide range of opinions. Once I got my Dunhill Shellbriar, I let off the gas a little with my PAD.

I've got 3 'brands' in the first list.

I don't have a smokeable meer...I've got one, but it's something I'm keeping as a collection. (Kiko Hillbilly)similar to this:

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I will look to acquire a Pete, a Sav, and a Barling or any other that strike that chord within.

 
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