Maker’s Mark Mystery

[alaskanpiper]

Anybody know who’s logo this is? It is a wisping pipe shaped like an S, followed by an A in script.

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

I see a "J" but could be an "S" - clever logo, IMO.

 

[alaskanpiper]

I see a "J" but could be an "S" - clever logo, IMO.

I searched exhaustively for both, to no avail

 

[verporchting]

It’s Canadian for sure because it’s a smoking pipe, eh?

 

[cossackjack]

Looks like…
Tendrils of smoke, over a pipe, next to an ”A”

Perhaps…
Yuri Aksenov


“A” (combined with a pipe symbol)
(This does not have the smoke tendrils)

 

[chilllucky]

S&R Pipes - Pipedia

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My best guess is that it's a Stephen and/or Roswitha Anderson Pipe from Ohio. Rose still runs the shop and carves, you can email her and ask about the stamp.

 

[wolflarsen]

I came here to find out why the bottle tops are sealed with red wax. The Maker's Mark mystery continues...

 

[bluegrassbrian]

I came here to find out why the bottle tops are sealed with red wax. The Maker's Mark mystery continues...

For no other reason than it looks fancy.

 

[alaskanpiper]

S&R Pipes - Pipedia

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My best guess is that it's a Stephen and/or Roswitha Anderson Pipe from Ohio. Rose still runs the shop and carves, you can email her and ask about the stamp.

Interesting! The S part of that logo is certainly quite similar. Email sent.

Thanks!

 

[chilllucky]

Let us know what you find out. We met Rose in the tent at the Chicago Show this year and my wife found her table later an bought a lovely bulldog from her.

 

[ashdigger]

After half a bottle of Makers Mark, everything is a mystery.

 

[huntertrw]

Maker's Mark Mystery

And I thought that this thread was going to be about Bourbon whiskey

 

[captpat]

Maker's Mark Mystery

And I thought that this thread was going to be about Bourbon whiskey

Exactly, talk about disappointed.

 

[LotusEater]

After half a bottle of Makers Mark, everything is a mystery.

I’ve always found it easier to solve life’s mysteries (in the short term) after a a few drinks? YMMV

 

[alaskanpiper]

Update! It was NOT made by anyone affiliated with S&R. The mystery continues….

 

[georged]

It looks to have been engraved/etched, not stamped, which implies an aspiring hobbiest instead of an established carver.

 

[J-Evverrett]

Perhaps a few pictures of the pipe itself might help? Someone might recognize the style.

 

[alaskanpiper]

It looks to have been engraved/etched, not stamped, which implies an aspiring hobbiest instead of an established carver.

I assumed it was lasered, but you may be right!

 

[alaskanpiper]

Perhaps a few pictures of the pipe itself might help? Someone might recognize the style.

 

[georged]

Easy answer:

Ping Jesse at Blue Room. If he listed it he'll definitely know what he took in to sell (or re-sell).

Also, if the logo is laser-etched (it could be, now that you mention it) that would reduce the number of possible makers by a LOT. Those gadgets are spendy and take up a lot of shop space.

Speaking of Jesse, the whole pipe photo looks like something he could have made. (The button is distinctive, and that's his bamboo technique). If the pipe in the logo is supposed to be a "J", it would be a hella coincidence. Hmmm...