You've probably already seen this, but this Chinese shop has some good lookin' examples,
http://www.51tjz.cn/tjz/Prd_sort.asp?Tid=15&Ttid=195
...and running the text thru google translate mangles it up pretty funny, but does provide some concrete info...
Silver Castle Brand
Canadians Sam and Colin, in the design of school when they were roommates, one is an engineer, a sculptor. Two people went their separate ways after graduation, Sam engineers to find a job, Colin is obsessed with the art, after a few years, they decided to create an art studio in Quebec, Colin is responsible for creation, Sam is responsible for the idea of making Colin out.
They are like smoking a pipe, but the pipe is very difficult to buy in Canada, they can only buy some of the pipe through the net. In all fighting divisions pipe their favorite teacher was Todd M. Johnson, but Todd's pipe is too expensive, even Todd's a rough pipe they can not afford. But for exquisite handmade Sam speaking, do it yourself a few to pipe to smoke is not very troublesome thing. In 2007, they participated in a New York All toll provided by the sponsor of the art exhibition, just during the time of the Chicago Pipe Show. They found Todd and to carry a few to do their own pipe showed him, Todd did not expect to get high marks, even suggested that they can become a professional chef pipe. Sam and Colin returned to Quebec, and did not mind the Todd's proposal, but because they themselves like smoking a pipe, they still will often do a few of the pipe, and then send the photos to see Todd. Todd through the network to teach them some of the pipe production experience and knowledge. Sam and Colin slowly gathered around smoking a pipe with friends, and sometimes they will do for their friends twelve pipe. Gradually, they found that doing it on the pipe to get more and more happy, in the arts, they also had some success.
2010, at a party, they met a Hong Kong art dealer, saw them do their own pipe, the people of Hong Kong said, "I can do your pipe agents." Sam and Colin pipe it to do serious discussion found: They both like to do pipe, they can earn a satisfactory money, which they have been looking for from a college career. Then they began to Hong Kong made some pipe. Sam and Colin are crazy fan of cold weapons, many of them works of art related to the Cold War era related to the pipe in considering grading, they simply used as a series of medieval arms and grade standards. Such as infantry, heavy cavalry, archers, Ranger, lords and so on. Sam is also an excellent precious metal pipes processing division so many of them are equipped with ornate silver ring, even if they also some "glory" level of pipe containing a specially crafted 925 silver gorgeous variety of small sculpture exhibit.
Sam and Colin with the first letter of their names formed the "Silver Castle" brand. Some will use a pipe on the subject of the SC ring engraved.
