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IIS

Pipes marked with IIS and sometimes IS are reported to be made by Karl Erik, and can be found on many private label pipes, such as the one bellow, marked "John Crouch" for the Scottish Merchant & Tobacconist out of Alexandria Virginia. Others have reported pipes marked IIS, or perhaps the IS in particular, were seconds made by Preben Holm.
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Category:Pipe makers by nationality
Category:Denmark
IMP

Turkish Meerschaum is the worlds best. Its lightness and porosity make it ideal for tobacco pipes. It also is virtually burn out proof and needs no break in.
Turkish block meerschaum pipes also have a natural wicking quality that absorbs tars and smoke impurities — this gives a neutral flavor profile. As a meerschaum pipe absorbs these over time, it will begin to develop a patina, slowly darkening and develop a warmer color. For those who prefer immediate color, IMP stains some bowls.
All IMP Meerschaums are hand carved in Turkey from the best block meerschaum in an atölye (artisans workshop). 
Meerschaum (magnesium silicate/sepiolite) is a porous white, mineral first used for pipe making in the 1720’s. When wetted it becomes similar to potters clay & easily carved. The word "meerschaum" is German for "seafoam", named due to its appearance when pieces were found floating in the Black Sea. 
Meerschaum is dug up by hand from tunnels in the earth. It is then split into blocks for differently sized pipes. IMP meerschaum pipes are hand made by skilled craftsmen in stages. An apprentice roughs out the shape, and a master comes in later to do the carving and detailing (such as the figural pipes). Then it is kiln dried. After they are polished with glass-paper, bathed in natural beeswax & then polished with bone ash. This protects the bowl surface & aids the coloring process over time.
IMP avoids the wearing out problems of earlier times. Each IMP is sleeved in the shank to accept a smooth nylon tenon, that will be similar to removing the stem from a briar pipe. Every IMP Meerschaum Pipes use a high grade delrin push-pull, tenon and mortise, with a Lucite or Acrylic stem, and a 4mm draft hole. Each pipe comes in a fitted carved wood case that is lined and leather covered. Meerschaum pipes don't burn out and each will color differently from the bottom up over the years. 
That is why we know IMP Meerschaums to be the best made best value in a Meerschaum pipe.
Information and Photos Courtesy, pipes2smoke.com''
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Imppipes - Isik Luletasi Hayv. Nakl. San & Tic. Ltd.
IMP USA INC is the registered principal of “IMP” as a Trademark under International Class 034.
All carving takes place at our workshop in Eskisenir, Turkey
All products are sold and distributed through IMP USA INC
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Contact Information:
 IMP USA INC
 Steven L. Whetstone
 President
 
 http://impmeerschaumpipes.com/
Category: Pipe makers by nationalityCategory: Turkey
Ib Loran

Ib Loran was one of numerous good to very good Danish carvers throughout the 1960's and 1970's who didn't become really famous.
He began making pipes around 1955 and by the beginn of the 1960's he was one of the indoor pipemakers in the workshop of H. Dan-Christensen's famous Pibe-Dan shop in Copenhagen (closed in 1991) with Gert Holbek as foreman.
As many other of his colleagues Ib Loran sold pipes on his own account, too.
Beside Pibe-Dan they were available at Poul Olsen's P&T shop.
Ib Loran's pipes were mostly of smaller dimensions and thankfully almost without exception not for use with filters.
His daughter Tine Loran also carves pipes.
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Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: Denmark
Ib Olsen

Ib Olsen worked with Jess Philip Vigen, Per Hansen and Ulf Noltensmeier as was one of the craftsmen of Svend Bang. As such, he had the same opportunity to develop his abilities and demonstrate his skills. Olsen's pipes were a bit less traditional and more imaginative than those of his pipe making peers at S. Bang at that time, and Svend Bang was reluctant to introduce Olsen's pipes under the S. Bang name. For this reason Olsen's pipes were sold under the Ib Olsen name, and he proved to be a prolific and innovative craftsman. If Svend Bang had lived long enough perhaps he would have seen that Olsen's more imaginative shapes had been taken up by other pipemakers, embraced by the market, and that many are still seen as influential in high grade artisan pipes of today. 
Many of the Ib Olsen pipes used the same Cumberland for mouthpieces and silver ring embellishments as were used on the S.Bang pipes of that era. They were also stamped similarly, with roman numerals: I, II, III, IV, V, and were also priced the same as the pipes branded S. Bang. After Svend's passing, Per Hansen and Ulf Noltesnmeier took over the S. Bang brand, and Phil Vigen continues his work under the his name (Ph. Vigen), while Ib Olsen retired into private life, with the few pipes that bare his name being hard to find.
Giuseppe Albaneseo
*see the Discussion tab for a different angle on Ib Olsen. 
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Category:Pipe makers by nationalityCategory:Denmark
Iberica de Pipas

Links:
 Website - Iberica de Pipas
"Founded in 1919, Iberica de Pipas is a company dedicated to the manufacture of pipes and gift items in wood.
More than eighty years of presence in the market guarantee our products. Our accumulated experience has strengthened and allowed us to both continue making improvements and maintain the professional standards which our name inspires throught out the years.
In our effort to maintain client satisfaction, we offer an increased variety of quality products ranging from smoking to gift and home articles at an excellent price-quality relationship.
Thanks to our professional standards and transparency, we can also manufacture any personally designed specialty items that our clients so desire. Contact us, we are eager to discuss how we can fulfil your needs."
Brands (afak):
* Anfield
* Brio
* Bronx
* Commodore
* Coral
* Everest
* Galerna (contract production)
* Gester
* Gravina (contract production)
* Swensson
 Iberica de Pipas
 Pol. Mas les Vinyes, 11
 08570 Torelló (Barcelona)
 Spain
 
 Phone: +34 93 859 08 33
 E-mail: info@ibericadepipas.com
 Website: Iberica de Pipas							
Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: Spain
Iberpipsa

Iberpipsa apparently made several different pipes with similar stamping and different brands.
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The following photos are from various sources, some from Reborn Pipes, or linked to from there:
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== Articles ==
* article about a CLIPPER by Iberpipsa: On the table – a Clipper High Class Briar Bent Churchwarden by Reborn Pipes
Ichi

Courtesy of Smokingpipes.com
Ichi Kitahara has been making pipes for just a short time, but his work is very impressive. His organic, pliable aesthetic is reminiscent of, though fundimentally different from, that of his teacher, Hiroyuki Tokutomi.
Ichi is trained in various art forms, from his classical training in Baroque style fresco to his months learning Native American silver work in South Dakota. During most of the 1990s, he made custom order jewelry and other objets d'art and sold through galleries in Tokyo. But, it wasn't until he began making pipes in 2004 that he discovered his true love - pipe making. So, while he has only made pipes for a couple of years, he has a long, storied history as an artist.
Today, Ichi makes pipes part time and works as a senior sushi chef at a large sushi restaurant chain in Japan, where he manages a large team of sushi chefs at the chain's various restaurants.
Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: Japan
Idskov Piber

Carsten Idskov is one of the few Danish pipemakers who is better known in his own country than abroad. That is because he has taken part in very few international shows, but, on the other hand, he is a faithful visitor to pipe activities in his own country. One of them is the Danish Championship, where every year he puts on a much appreciated exhibition. And he does not depend on pipe-making for a living, so he can do as he pleases. To Carsten, pipe-making is a hobby and he likes to keep it that way.
Carsten Idskov ws born in 1958 in a little village in Jutland. He now lives in the city of Aarhus, and his daily work is teaching mathematics and woodwork at a school there. In the middle of the 1990s an American visitor to the city inspired him to start smoking a pipe. Carsetn--at that time an occasional cigar smoker--met this American at a cafe and though that the tobacco he was smoking smelled just wonderful. So he had to try some for himself. He liked it and the next step was settled--to join the Pipe Club of Aarhus.
The suggestion to make pipes occurred when he ordered a pipe from Jens Tao Nielsen. When Tao sent the pipe to Carsten, he enclosed a pre-drilled block with a request--make a pipe from it! Carsten did so, the result was staifactory and his interest was aroused. So he bought some more blocks from Poul Ilsted in Svenborg, who also gave him much valuable advice.
Today Carsten makes abnout 150 pipes a year. The briar is mainly bought from Kent Rasmussen and, like him, Carsten takes pipes needed to be sandblasted to a workshop in Aarhus that specializes in sandblasting. The stems are made from ebonite, cumberland, or synthetic amber and the pipes are stamped Idskov DK along with the year of manufacture. No grading system is used.
The tooth from the sperm whale is a favorite of Carsten's and is used often used as an adornment on his pipes, but he also uses a lot of silver rings. Carsten not only makes pipes, he is also an active collector with pipes made by many of the best pipemakers. He also takes an active part in the Pipe Blub of Aarhus.
Information for this article is from the excellent book, Scandanavian Pipemakers, by Jan Andersson
 Carsten Idskov
 Runevej 25
 8210 Århus V
 Denmark
 
 Phone: +45 86 24 45 80
 E-mail: info@idskovpipes.dk
 Website: Idskov Piber
Category: Pipe makers by nationalityCategory: Denmark
Il Duca Pipe

The love affair between Massimiliano (Max) and pipe smoking goes back to 1990 when he bought his first pipe. He realized right away that he had just found a long-term passion. At the center of his fascination, though, was the pipe itself, as an object. He was intrigued by how pipes were made, and so, he kept wondering what pipe making involved and whether or not he had it in him to actually make one according to his own imagination and personal preferences. 
Max was not surprised by how fascinated he was with a wooden pipe; you see, he had worked at his uncle's carpentry workshop every summer since he was 14 years old, and he was more than familiar with wood and woodworking. Once he managed to find the materials he needed to make his first pipe, he went to his uncle's workshop to see what would come out. At first, he was not very happy with the results, but he had already fallen in love with the process of making pipes, and so he knew that pipe making would become part of his life. 
After his initial experiments, Max wasted no time in improving his skills and increasing his knowledge of every aspect of pipe making. He visited every briar mill, workshop, pipe maker, and tobacco store he managed to locate. In the meantime, he started building a whole collection of sketches and pipe designs based on his own observations, and more importantly, his imagination. 
Soon, he started putting to practice everything he had learned about pipe making, and when it was time for him to choose a name to give to his pipes, he didn't hesitate to use the name "Duca", which is the name of his medieval birth city (Ferrara). Once the brand name was established, Max decided to go a step further in honoring his city by using aristocratic titles as the base for his grading system. 
Max uses the best materials he can find, from mouthpiece rods, to inserts, to briarwood. He gets his wood from three different regions in Italy, and then he lets it dry out for at least 2 to 3 years before he shapes it into pipes. He loves experimenting with as many materials as he possibly can; he makes mouthpieces out of a wide range of materials, such as acrylic, vulcanite, horn, and Cumberland, and inserts out of boxwood, silver, and bamboo. 
Besides pipe making, Max always finds time to dedicate to his other hobby: airbrush painting. 
Often, and as expected, Max's paintings show pipes and people smoking them. 
Whatever passion he indulges in, he is always puffing on a beloved pipe, 
filled with a Golden Virginia tobacco. 
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Contact Information:
 Rimensi Massimiliano
 Via Ermes Dal Vecchio,29
 45030 Occhiobello (RO)
 
 Phone: +39 3466281330
 Website: ducapipe
 Email: mailto:info@ducapipe.com 
 or mailto:ducapipe@yahoo.it
 Skype: Ducapipe
Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: Italy
Imperati

The informations about Imperati (first name?) are more than sparse and, to make things worse, rather inconsistent.
Imperati is clained to be:
* a pipe shop owner and pipemaker in New York City;
* in Baltimore;
* a pipemaker in New York City who worked for some of the major NYC pipe shops (Wilke e.g.)
* a pipemaker and designer who worked (mainly) for Wally Frank. Making e.g. the "Pipe Of The Month" for W.F.
Please add further and more reliable information!
Category: Pipe makers by nationalityCategory: United States
Imperial Tobacco Co.

From Pipes, Artisans and Trademarks, by Jose Manuel Lopés'
The Imperial Tobacco Co. (Imperial Tobacco Ltd.) was founded in 1901 through the merger of several British tobacco companies. In 1902 it went into partnership with the American Tobacco Company to found the British American Tobacco Company. See also: Civic.
Brands involved: Comoy's, Bewlay, Nording, Ogden's, Salmon & Gluckstein, and Steel's
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Category: Pipe makers by nationalityCategory: Great Britain
Ingo Garbe

As early as 1967 Ingo Garbe began to make pipes professionally and therewith he is the first German freehand pipemaker. In 1972 he fell in love with the rural solitariness of the Danish Baltic Sea island Laeso and in consequence he settled down there.
Garbe hates the term "design" - his pipes are classical. "For me a form is classical", he once wrote, "if it has gradually developed over long periods to serve it's purpose of use at it's best. If it is valid, almost valid for ever; it hardly can be improved furthermore and, most of all, it doesn't need any change!"
In consequence some pipe dabsters call him a "die-hard", a "maverick", a "loner" ... Fact is that Ingo Garbe exclusively offers pipes with smooth surfaces and categorically refuses any other finishing techniques like blasts or rustications. He never uses any other materials for ornamenting elements nor does he use trendy colored stains. He simply doesn't follow any trend of "pipe fashion". Maybe, this can actually be called a certain kind of stolidity and it probably hinders that his name is listed among the all-time greatest pipemakers ever.
Garbe's craftsmanship is absolutely impeccable; his engineering is perfect. Pure understatement - it takes no dots, no stars or whatever to recognise a Garbe. A Garbe is recognized by connoisseurs by the perfect smoothness of the surfaces, the wonderful elegant curve of shank and stem and the ultimate comfort of it's bit. "My pipes are works of art that furthermore have the advantage, that one can smoke them" he said once when being awarded the gold medal for fine craftsmanship on the Munich Crafts Fair.
== Gallery ==
IngoGarbe1a.jpg|Large Straight Grain Bent Brandy, courtesy Dennis Dreyer Collection, Photos by SmokingPipes.com
IngoGarbe2a.jpg|Large Straight Grain Bent Brandy, courtesy Dennis Dreyer Collection, Photos by SmokingPipes.com
IndoGarbe SmoothPot.jpg|Smooth Pot, courtesy SmokingPipes.com
IndoGarbe SmoothDublin.jpg|Smooth Dublin, courtesy SmokingPipes.com
== Contact Information ==
 Ingo Garbe
 Vesterø Havnegade 94, Vesterø
 9940 Læsø 
 Denmark
 
 Tel.: + 45 98 49 91 50
Category: Pipe makers by nationalityCategory: DenmarkCategory: Germany
Innerschwyzer-Pfeifen

Innerschwyzer-Pfeifen
The Muotathaler "Yps" pipe of the Muota valley in central Switzerland is derived from the traditional "Schwyzer" type. "Yps" is "Gips" (gypsum) in the Muotathal dialect, the classic material for the bowls. 
The traditional pipes had been produced by Paul Betschart, nicknamed "s' Wiselis Pauli", until 1996. Shortly before his death Betschart asked Andreas Heinzer, if he would like to continue to make these pipes. But Heinzer, not knowing of Betschart's serious illness, blackballed the suggestion seeing no future in it.
Andreas Heinzer began an apprenticement as a toolmaker in 1977 at Victorinox in Ibach, the producer of the world-famous Swiss pocket knifes and multi-tools. Changing his professional career in 1997, he soon missed sorely some workmanlike activity. Feeling sad that no one made the Yps pipes anymore now, he decided to re-install the production.
With considerable help of his brother Paul and his sister-in-law Silvia, a gold smith, he established a family based pipe production. Beside the Yps pipes he offers a range of other traditional Swiss models	made of Palisander, Mehlbeerbaum (a whitethorn species), Yew tree and antler. Many of these pipes are metal coated.
 
 Andreas Heinzer
 Wehriwald 18a
 6436 Muotathal
 Switzerland
 
 Tel.: +41 830 2272
 Fax: +41 830 29
 E-mail: yps@heinzer-family.ch
 Website: Innerschwyzer-Pfeifen
Category: Pipe makers by nationalityCategory: Switzerland
Invicta Briars

Website: Invicta Briars are manufacturers and suppliers of top quality English Briar Pipes. Invicta Briars have been manufacturing and supplying briar pipes to the general public for over 35 years.
Shortly after the second World War (1947) a company was formed at the old garrison and shipyard town of Chatham docks repairing briar pipes, due to the lack of raw materials to make new ones. This was established at the Old Town poor school, known as the Ragged School ( a pre-runner to Barnadoes of today ) in King Street, Chatham.
The company grew to become the foremost briar pipe repairer in the United Kingdom and continued as Medway Pipe Repair until 1974 when ownership changed to Colin Leeson along with the company name to Invicta Briars.
It was at this point that Mr Leeson took the decision to introduce briar pipe manufacturing into the company and run it alongside the successful repair business. 
Gradually Invicta Briars grew and pipe making became the main operation, manufacturing for themselves and other British pipe houses. Peter Ellam joined later as a pipe maker.
The range enlarged as did the outlets for purchasing an Invicta briar pipe, encompassing sales across the UK and USA via retail outlets, traditional British county fairs and exhibitions.
After 35 years in charge Colin passed the reins over to Peter to continue the tradition of making fine English Briar pipes. Peter Ellam continued to be the sole craftsman of Invicta Pipes as Colin looked on as an eagle eyed adviser who liked to look over his shoulder at every opportunity just to make sure that Invicta Briars retained its reputation as one of England's premier briar pipe makers.
Colin Leeson sadly passed away at the beginning of February 2013
== Contact Information ==
 Peter Ellam
 8 Soulbury Road
 Stewkley
 Buckinghamshire
 England
 LU7 0HW
 E-mail: pete@invictabriars.com
 Website: http://www.invictabriars.com/index.html
Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: Great Britain
Irish Seconds

Irish Second pipes begin life alongside Peterson pipes in Dublin, but at some point a flaw appears making future life as one of those celebrated pipes impossible. At this point the pipes were roughly finished, given a standard vulcanite stem instead of a P-Lip, and stamped only with "Irish Second" and "Made in the Republic of Ireland". These pipes were sold at a far more affordable rate than Peterson pipes, but are believed to no longer be sold new.
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Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: Ireland
Irmismarbel Meerschaum

== Contact Information ==
 Ahmet GÖVEM
 Paşa Mahallesi Pazaroğlu Sokak
 Atlıhan Çarşısı 8/20 Eskisehir
 Turkey
 
 Tel: +90-505-785 08 40
 Website: http://www.meerschaumpipemaster.com
 E-Mail: mailto:ahmet@meerschaumpipemaster.com
Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: Turkey
Irwin's

Irwin's is thought to be a GBD second and part of the Oppenheimer Pipe holding company. They were made in England. It is unknown if they were also made in France. 
"The warm dual-tone brown finish deepens with repeated smoking. Finest Rum is used in the special process of maturing these fine pipes. It's smooth flavor complements the natural taste of fine tobacco." -catalog ( 1976 )
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Several Catalog pages from a Circa 1950s Oppenheimer Pipes Catalog featured Dr. Plumb's pipes.
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Italian Pipe Brands & Makers

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