Some pipe makers' products look distinctive enough that you can tell them across a smoke-filled room. Still, it is always nice to have a shortcut. This brief guide to some popular pipes may let you recognize a pipe from the stem dots and symbols the carver has put on them. Selecting the link on that symbol will take you to a brief description of the make. As they appear here, most are approximately to scale.
Enlarged versions appear at each make's description.
The pipe-makers' names are in alphabetical order. You can scan this list for a pipe brand, and view the symbol. Now name of pipes made by U.S. firm Mastercraft. Bonfiglioli Alberto Bonfiglioli, Italian pipe-maker, OoOPS member, and nice guy. High grade collectable pipes.