Any help in identifying the maker of this pipe would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Dave
Thanks.
Dave
Help Please!
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Dave, not the greatest picture, all I can read is what looks like ...simon Pipes, and handmade. Need to see the beginning part of the makers mark.
simon, sinan...? There's got to be a capital letter somewhere.
simon, sinan...? There's got to be a capital letter somewhere.
It was poorly stamped or buffed off. That's the best I can do.
I looked around...I got nothing. Long shot, but could find no images, Zhishan...?
I blew up the pic and it looks like it says:
Sinon Pipes
and the word
Handmade under the key logo.
Sinon Pipes
and the word
Handmade under the key logo.
I'm not convinced it's a capital "s" and it could be "...sinon" or "smon" for all I can tell. "Handmade" for sure. Didn't find anything at Pipephil or Pipedia, scrolling through the listings of American makers while focusing on the last three letters.
Same here. I've been looking under all of the brand names and so far nothing.
Under a glass, I can see the artifacts of maybe three letters before the "S" none of which are visible in the photo. Also, I will never admit that this pipe has belonged to me for about 15 years. I haven't smoked it in about 10, not that it didn't smoke well, but it was just sort of forgotten (and that 15 years ago I not only knew who made it, but bought it because of who made it.
I believe there was a Solomon Pipes that used a key logo like that. I am searching now
This was Joe Hinkle before he took the name Joe Hinkle Pipes
It is. It's his key logo. Solomon Pipes was Joe Hinkle's Brand before he changed names. It's one of his. I have an old page of his that shows this. I can email it since it won't let me attach here for some reason.