Maker Identification

[shanegreen]

Does anyone recognize this maker? I am not sure if it is upside down.

 

[mawnansmiff]

Looks like woodworm to me.
Regards,
Jay.

 

[mawnansmiff]

Sorry.....double post.
Regards,
Jay.

 

[mawnansmiff]

Sorry......triple post
Regards,
Jay.

 

[jguss]

Jay, I think he’s one of the leading carvers in Germany, but there he’s known as Holzwurm

 

[jpmcwjr]

This is a very erudite thread!
Shane- No other nomenclature anywhere?

 

[shanegreen]

Jp nothing else. Nada. Zip.

 

[shanegreen]

It could be the previous owner wood-burned his initials in his pipes. It's quite perplexing.

 

[Civil War]

No idea, very cryptic.

 

[mso489]

Done on the bowl? I'd say not noticeably artistic for an artisan pipe carver. You have to be Picasso to get away with a really sloppy signature, it seems to me. But if the pipe is great, I'd give him/her a pass. At first glance, I thought it was some kind of biological incursion, like the woodworm remark.

 

[jpmcwjr]

I am sure I am not the only one who'd like to see pix of the whole enchilada. Or pipe....

 

[shanegreen]

I have a couple of them. They are well crafted freehands which is why I had to find out. I thought maybe a small time pipe maker, or a no name that some guy put his initials on them. Some pipes that I have had over the years had some signatures that took me a while to figure out, and they ended up being good makers. We have a busy weekend, but I will get a picture up of one of them in the next two day.