Al Perkowski, Creative Briars.
A pipe maker who has been at it for decades. I don’t think he did a large number of pipes per year, but he had some real skill at shaping. Was a wood model maker for GM.
He had a website up up until a few years ago. I haven’t seen any new product from him lately. He is listed on a few pipe vendor sites, but unfortunately doesn’t seem to be active.
You stole that pipe at $ 35...
I have one of his pipes, a rather elaborate rendition of a German wine pipe that was commissioned for somebody else who used to be active on this site, and sold it because he gave up smoking.