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Racine & Laramie

In 1869 frontier San Diego Alexi Racine and Charles Laramie founded a tradition of service when they opened Racine and Laramie Tobacconist.
Today they continue that knowledgeable service and stock the best quality cigars, pipes, tobacco, and accessories. They are located Old Town San Diego State Historic Park..
In addition to having a large collection of historically interesting pipes in their Smoking Pipe Museum, they are active in the estate market, and also brand pipes, including Racine & Laramie, and also Golden Bull.
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Contact Information:
 Racine & Laramie Tobacconist
 Website: http://www.racineandlaramie.com
 Address: 2737 San Diego Avenue, San Diego, CA 92110-2731
 Phone: 619-291-7833
 E-mail: contact@racineandlaramie.com
Category:Pipe makers by nationalityCategory:United States
Radford's

From Pipes, Artisans and Trademarks, by José Manuel Lopes'
Mass produced pipes with ebonite and acrylic stems, which were introduced by Butz-Choquin, Chacom, and Nording. Symbol: stylized R.
This is a private label of Pöschl Tabak GmbH & Co and are popular in Germany. They use the 9mm filters and are moderately priced and very attractive. The pipes are crafted by Chacom.
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Category: Pipe makers by nationalityCategory: Germany
Category: Pipe makers by nationalityCategory: France
Radice

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Luigi Radice, born 1939, took a piece of briar in his hands for the first time in 1961, when he was employed at Carlo Scotti's Castello in nearby Cantu.
After lengthy experience, he founded, together with Peppino Ascorti, the famous "Pipa del Baffo", the "Caminetto" which through 1974 and 1975 made wealth with the precious cooperation of Gianni Davoli, Milanese distributor.
In 1980 Luigi undertook a new adventure, founding his own brand: the Pipa Radice. From the beginning his son, Gianluca, joined the workshop, together with Luigi's father, Paolo Radice, who helped in some basic steps of production.
Only later my brother and I started working together with our father, trying to learn the secrets and the mastery to be able to create a pipe which could join artisanal estrus(?) to functionality.
We have always trusted the professionalism of Italian briar cutters to obtain the raw material. We season the briar in our workshop for at least three years. We believe that it is enough to produce a perfect pipe.
Our shaping is pretty diversified. A distinguishing feature is the use of various options, like the faux-bamboo shank or silver band or save-rim, hand engraved by Luigi.
About pipes for completely dedicated collectors, we would like to mention the several variations of pieces made using buffalo, moufflon, deer or roe horn.
The creative idea and the study of the technical side, lead us to invent pipes with a twin bore mouthpiece, coupled with a special production of oil cured pipes, taking inspiration from old English skills.
We have recently introduced the use of ebonite(vulcanite) mouthpieces, to satisfy the requests of our fellow pipesmokers.
Radice is a pipe which is continually evolving, keeping alive the treasured experience of 50 years of pipemaking of our father Luigi.
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Contact Information:
 Web:
 Luigi, Gianluca & Marizio Radice 
 Via Tiziano 10
 22060 Cucciago (CO) Italy
 NEW e-mail: mailto:radicepipe@gmail.com
Category: Pipe makers by nationalityCategory: Italy
Raffaello

Not to be confused with the 'Raffaello' line of pipes by Savinelli.
Raffaello is a sub-brand of pipes by the Italian company Barontini. As with other Barontini pipes, they are made in Livorno, Italy. 
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Category:Pipe makers by nationality
Category:Italy
Raimo Riberg

Raimo Riberg lives and works in Estonia, and has not been a pipe maker in his main profession for long. Until a few years ago, he lived in Sardinia , where he ran a media company and came into contact with briar wood for the first time.
It was only later, however, that he became interested in pipes, when his mother sent him a rudimentary pipe made by his late grandfather. This pipe triggered creative processes in him that led to the decision to build pipes in his home country in the future.
Raimo Riberg's style is strongly influenced by the rough nature of the Baltic States and the aesthetics of hunting weapons. The processing and fabrication tones that can be seen on wooden parts of hunting rifles can also be found on his pipes.
Thus his style is quite unique , and not comparable to any other pipe maker.
He is quite adept at using social media and has become a minor celebrity in Estonia. Even the television has reported about him. Courtesy of CIGARWORLD.de]
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Category:Pipe makers by nationality
Category:Estonia
Random

From Pipes, Artisans and Trademarks, by José Manuel Lopes'
Random was an anonymous brand. The maker tired of city life and left for the mountains of Colorado, where he lived close to nature. Random began making the brand in September of 2002, and was a member of the web discussion group alt.smokers.pipes. Some of his pipes were shaped out of a single piece, joined at the shank and the stem, made from ultem, a high temperature thermoplastic material which is tougher than acrylic.
Editors note: Random was also active on the Pipemakers Forum. Where he was known for unusual techniques and unproven materials. He is no longer active on the forum, and has likely moved on from making pipes. --sethile (talk) 14:15, 28 June 2015 (CDT)
Category: Pipe makers by nationalityCategory: United States
Ranieri

Ranieri Tabacaria is a tobacconist in Sao Paulo, Brazil, located at Alameda Lorena, 1221 Jardins Sao Paulo, SP. Ranieri was also the name of a pipe line sold by the store and created by an unknown maker. These pipes are believed to have been discontinued.
Website: ranieri@ranieritabacaria.com.br
PHONE: (11) 3062 5504
PHONE: (11) 3083 0843 
Category: Pipe makers by nationalityCategory: Brazil
Rarities Gallery

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Dunhill Cocktail Pipes Set.
Ladies pipe with interchangeable bowls, circa 1918. All 4 bowls are cut out of single briar root. It was the best-quality line (A).
Set has 2 stems and both are stamped with Dunhill Reg. Number.
Pipes were made at the end of 1918. Original Dunhill patented case is dated 1919.
Only 1 bowl (picture 2) has been very lightly smoked - there are traces of charring at the rim but the original Bruyere finish is still visible inside the bowl. The other 3 bowls are unsmoked.
 
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A Rare 1918 Patent
Kevin writes that "the late Mr. John Loring and I were in his room discussing the cataloging of various stampings on pre-WWII Dunhill mouthpieces when the discussion turned towards the peculiar year of 1924. John and I had several Bruyere pipes in our collection that had the even-width DUNHILL over LONDON stampings that are normally dated to 1918. However, four of these pipes were all date-coded to 1924. I remarked that I had only seen one Dunhill pipe that was a definitively-stamped 1918, and this is that pipe. What is more, the <AD> factory hallmarked sterling silver on this pipe is also hallmarked to 1918 (leopard's head, lion passant, date letter of c).
This pipe helped to confirm Loring's work in dating these pipes, and my cataloging of five PROV. PRO stamped mouthpieces. The PROV. PRO mouthpiece stampings (also on this pipe, but faint) were on the earliest Dunhill pipes. I have only seen this stamp on Duke St. stamped pipes and this particular pipe here.
So, what you are looking at is a very rare 1918 Dunhill shape 60 of solid proportions (a group 4+) in extraordinarily fine condition. This is the mate to my 1917 shell of the same shape (a "notched shell", as John called them), and will be a fine and very important addition to the Dunhill collector. These 1918 stamped pipes are much rarer than the arched DUNHILL-stamped pipes of 1919.
Note: Our bands always carry at least an AD mark (in a diamond frame) and “925” for Sterling silver. Sometimes may not have the full Assay office hallmarks (which are not required if the silver weight does not exceed 7 grams). Kalmon S. Hener. Product Line Director - The White Spot Smoker's Accessory Division and Walthamstow site.
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An unusual and beautifully restored Dunhill SK
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Updated: Yang (talk) 05:50, 20 January 2020 (CST)
Created:Yang (talk) 07:16, 14 October 2019 (CDT)
Rasmussen, Poul

Courtesy of Jakob Groth
Poul Rasmussen was perhaps the second pipemaker in Denmark as he was the foreman in Suhr's Pipe Work Shop after Sixten Ivarsson had left. In Suhr's a lot of pipes were repaired! Later on Rasmussen established his own workshop in Hornemannsgade.
When Poul Rasmussen died from a weak heart in 1967 one of his pupils wrote: "His biggest importance for the future of Danish handmade pipes is that from his workshop has come many of our most skilled pipe artists, who can thank Poul Rasmussen for their knowledge and ability. They now work individually on the basis he created."
Some names to be mentioned from this school are Emil Chonowitsch (father of Jess), Björn Bengtsson, Tom Eltang and of course, Anne Julie, widow of Poul Rasmussen.
Some characteristics from this workshop: many classic shapes, not so different from the factory shapes, often rather slim or slender shapes with "tight" lines. It is in this school that the so called "laboratory" or "chemical" stain is used, though "invented" by Sixten, resulting in a very contrasted grain on many pipes.
Poul also made pipes for W.Ø. Larsen. Here are some wonderful examples from the W.Ø. Larsen 1961-62 catalog, courtesy Danishpipemakers.com:
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Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: Denmark
Ratos

Ratos is a Swedish classic that has been on the Swedish market for more than 40 years.
Pipe smokers know Ratos as an affordable quality pipe in many different shapes.
Quality are all equally high, only genuine 'Old' briarrot may be used.
Some of the pipes have meerschaum lined bowls.
In 2009, all Ratos pipes are fitted with filters.
Some of these pipes are distributed by the Borkum Riff tobacco brand at pipe smoking contests.
In 2009, Ratos pipes are manufactured in France, in the oldest factory still operating.
Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: Sweden
Read this personal experience

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Written by John C. Loring
Contributed by Yang Forcióri
An old 1955 'knife lid' tin of Sweet Crop blended by the long past Cohen Weenen firm, one side of the tin was more then half rusted with an open 'rust through' hole the size of half a nickel. 
I had gotten it with a bunch of other tins in much better condition a few years past and this one sat on an isolated basement shelf waiting to be tossed. After all as a tin it was hardly in collectable condition & if there was ever tobacco too dangerous to smoke this had to be it.
Last week, needing shelf space, I tossed into the 'throw out' bag but when I got upstairs I put caution to the wind, dug it out of the bag and when I found that the outer tin top had rusted to the tin, used a tin can opener to open it from the bottom.
Low & behold back in '55 Cohen Weenen had packed it with a wax paper liner and while the tobacco was bone dry and clotted solid together the wax paper had prevented the rust from leaching into the contents. 'What the hell' I thought, and proceeded to break up the now round brick of tobacco (no easy task) and transfer it to a new empty tobacco tin, tossed in a moist tissue (I certainly wasn't going to waste my time with any fancy efforts) & set it aside.
Well it's now three days later. Yesterday, I gingerly opened the 'rejuvenation tin' and gave it a cautious sniff - well it didn't smell offensive, in fact it had no smell to speak of at all, so I went through the drawers to find an old junk meerschaum I wouldn't miss, packed it with 'you know what' and then lit up, being very careful to draw just a tad of what might possibly be lethal smoke - not too bad, not bad at all as I finished the bowl.
I smoked another bowl last night, and today I started off with it in a 1928 Dunhill 126 Shell that married delightfully with the medium-light matured virginia blend. I don't know what the blend tasted like in 1955 but notwithstanding the packaging it's a wonderful smoke today.
And if you showed me the tin & told me the story, I would swear you were a g-d- liar... 
Back to Loring's article here
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Category:Dunhill
Reco Manufacturing Co.

The Reco Manufacturing Company of Chicago, Illinois are best known for the Zephair pipe, an aluminum pipe with a screw on briar bowl. A patent was issued for the pipe in 1940https://patents.google.com/patent/USD120674. The pipe sat, despite a round shank, due to two small "feet" on the bottom. The Zephair was introduced in 1947, and bore no markings.
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Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: United States
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Red Hat Pipes

Kjeld Sørensen - Pipemaker In A Red Hat
After 25 years as an economist in Danish corporations, looking at points and figures, trading currencies and developing strategies many hours each day, I decided to develop my creative skills.
I was very lucky: Tom Eltang agreed to help me get started - the right way. By letting me stay at his workshop, by giving advice in the right way, by sharing his experience, by showing me, that almost is not good enough, I got started. So - since 2003, I was a full time pipe maker.
In 2005 I brought my pipes to the Chicago Pipe Show for the first time, presenting my pipes and the Red Hat.
 
Why a Red Hat?
For many years now, I have been an active member of the pipe-club Sydsjællands Pibelaug. At slow smoking competitions, the members of this pipe club wear a Red Hat. I noticed, that the Red Hat was visible - even in big crowds - that’s why!
Ever since my first show in Chicago, Smoker’s Haven has been my dealer in USA.
I have been experimenting a lot on shapes, designs, materials and finish, to develop a style of my own. The craftsmanship has improved over time, so that the pipes now will meet the expectations of a skilled pipe-smoker.
 
But still: I have a long way to go in the learning process (which I hope never stops!). I think my style at this point is influenced by both Danish and Japanese pipe-makers. I adore the elegance in the Danish style, and also the playful but balanced lines in the Japanese style.
My focus is first of all on the shape matching the lines in the briar, but I also apply bamboo, horn or box-wood, when this fits into the shape. The sandblasting, I execute on Tom Eltang’s equipment.
My briar comes from Italy, Greece and Algiers. Mouthpieces are mostly made from German ebonite, but horn and acrylic has also been used. 
Around 100 pipes leaves my workshop annually, some of which are custom made from sketches or ideas from other smokers. All ideas are welcome – with no obligation to buy the final result.
 Kjeld Sørensen
 Norddalen 19, Himmelev
 DK4000 Roskilde
 Denmark
 
 Website: Red Hat Pipes
 Mail: mailto:kjeld@redhatpipes.com
 Mobile: +45 2635 4125
Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: Denmark
Redmanol

While there are pipes branded Redmanol, Redmanol is actually an early 20th century plastic material developed and marketed by A.W. Bishop and Redmanol Chemical Products. If you have additional information about Redmanol branded pipes, please add it here, or send it to sethile.pipes@gmail.com and we can add it for you.
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Andrew Farewell writes:
The symbol (the P in the sideways diamond) is that of Premier pipes. Reiss-Premier. It's identical to their stamp on a few of their pipes. Its a Premier brand pipe made of Redmanol brand plastic. I dont know that Redmanol ever made or released their own house brand of pipe. Doesn't mean they didn't but I've never seen one in 30 years, only those made 'of' Redmanol, and featuring this heavily. It was a popular substitute for amber.
*For more information on Redmanol as a pipe material, please see Ben Rapaport's article, Gutta Percha and Redmanol: The Tobacco Pipe Industry’s Odd Couple
Category:Pipe makers by nationality
Category:Great Britain
Regal

From Pipes, Artisans and Trademarks, by José Manuel Lopes'
Regal is a former North American brand of the Regal Pipe Co. There are also models from Preben Holm and Butz-Choquin with this name. 
Tom Colwell also mentions it as being connected with Linkman Co./Linkman Pipes
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Category: Pipe makers by nationalityCategory: United States
Regina Scarlatta

Regina Scarlatta brand comes from the passion for craftsmanship and creativity of Cristian Galeazzi, grown professionally in Pesaro (Italy), one of the most important area for pipes carving in Italy and in the world.
From the elegant and refined lines of these pipes, transpires an innate taste for classic, and at the same time a strong push towards the search of new balances, new shapes, contrasts, new aesthetic. 
In his small workshop in Pesaro Cristian carve about 200 pipes every year, supported in shape design and finishing by his wife Cinzia. And in fact, behind these sinuous lines many recognize the presence of an uncommon touch of femininity.
In 2014 Regina Scarlatta was named "Best Emergent Italian pipemaker of the year" by FLP Community (the larger pipesmokers Internet community in Italy) 
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Contact Information:
 E-mail: info@reginascarlatta.com
 Website: www.reginascarlatta.com
Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: Italy
Regis McCafferty

Regis McCafferty has written many short stories and several books where the main character smokes a pipes. He is also the co-founder of the The North American Society of Pipe Collectors (NASPC).
Regis's most recent book is The Nude On The Cigarette Case Paperback – July 25, 2013
"December 1939. Nighttime Manhattan. Snow mixed with rain. Two shots ring out in an alley. Max Grant, private investigator, two double bourbons under his belt, enters the alley to investigate. A man, two bullets in his chest, dying, paws at his coat pocket. His only words are, "Find the nude on the cigarette case" Grant removes the cigarette case, looks at the picture, pockets it, then calls to bystanders to get the police. Curiosity, even without a client, prompts him to investigate and leads him into the murky sphere of activity that surrounds the beginnings of the atom bomb. The war in Europe is public, but something else was going on, quietly, behind the scenes, never making headlines in major newspapers or news programs on radio. Walter Lippman doesn't write about it and Edward R. Murrow never mentions it in his CBS news broadcasts. That something is the exchange of nuclear fission information between mathematicians and physicists in the Unites States, England, and Europe. In 1939 that information exchange has diminished in volume between the western scientific communities and those under German control and influence, most notably Denmark and Norway. Sarah Bennett, the nude on the cigarette case, has been kidnapped and is being held in the Redhook area of New York by German agents. Bennett, a scientist, travels Europe under the guise of an art dealer but is also the conduit for shared information between scientists in Nazi dominated Europe and those in the United States. And Max Grant, in love with a photo on a cigarette case, is just the guy to go looking for her"
You might also enjoy listening to Brian Levine's interview of Regis on the Pipes Magazine Radio Show
Other books by Regis McCafferty include: 
*Twenty Six Days: A Mystery of Victorian England (Mar 7, 2012)
*The God and the Gold: A Hays McKay Adventure (Apr 1, 2011)
*Bugs: A Hays McKay Mystery (Jan 22, 2003)
*Gran Quivira: Stories of England and the American Southwest (Aug 30, 2007)
*The Sherlock Holmes Adventure (Mar 25, 2004)
*Then Now Whenever by Regis McCafferty (Jul 6, 2003)
*Another View From The Park (Jul 23, 2003)
McCafferty's books are available on the Regis McCafferty Page at Amazon.com.
Category:Writers