Pipe Maker Garret Woo on Radio Show of October 28, 2025

[admin]

Our featured interview on tonight's Pipes Magazine Radio Show is with pipe maker Garret Woo. He has an undergraduate degree in Classics from UC Santa Barbara. He was a teacher for a while, and then a private investigator working with his dad that is a former FBI agent. Now he is a durometer technician and pipemaker living in West LA. He started smoking pipes when he was 18 years old. At the top of the show in Pipe Parts, Brian answers a listener’s question on how to smooth down a blend.

The show airs every Tuesday at 8:00pm eastern US time, and can be found at PipesMagazine.com and all podcast apps.

 

[bootlegpipes]

Is this the first time Garret's been on the show? I recall hearing an interview with him some time ago, but maybe that wasn't with Brian.

 

[pipesbywoo]

First time on the show with Brian! I'm very gracious. I did a short little interview at the LVIPS 2024.

 

[spearheadbill]

We are neighbors essentially! I met him at the Tobacco Trader LA a couple years ago.

 

[Kollman]

What a great interview and an interesting background that Garret has. Love his pipe styles and detail that he has with his squashed tomatoes and pokers. Don't see the blue, red, or green that he has on some of his designs, and I love the fun factor with class.

 

[bootlegpipes]

First time on the show with Brian! I'm very gracious. I did a short little interview at the LVIPS 2024.

Were you on a show somewhere else? Maybe someone was just talking about your pipes on one of the other podcasts.

 

[pipesbywoo]

Were you on a show somewhere else? Maybe someone was just talking about your pipes on one of the other podcasts.

Not yet, just this one so far.
It's certainly possible, I've numbered 192 pipes so far and I've only kept two.