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Wagner Tabak-Lädeli

Wagner Tabak-Lädeli
Wagner Tabak-Lädeli of Zurich, formerly Ehrsam, is operated by the Wagner family since 1974. In 1985 they succeeded to allure Jess Chonowitsch to design a line of classic models with a slightly Danish touch as their house label brand.
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These pipes are currently made by Jørn Larsen. Four models - billiard, pot, lovat and prince - are offered in smooth and blasted finish, with silver shank caps e.c. Filter pipes on demand.
 Wagner Tabak Lädeli
 Storchengasse 19
 8001 Zurich
 
 Tel.: +41 44 211 84 27
 Fax: +41 44 212 45 31
 E-mail: wagner@wagner-tabak-laedeli.com
 Website: Wagner Tabak-Lädeli'''
Category: Pipe makers by nationalityCategory: Switzerland
Waldorf

We have the following example, courtesy of Vuong Phuc Dinh. It is marked Waldorf Supreme, Imported Briar, Made in France, but we have no further information. If you know anything about this brand, please add it here, or send it to me and I can add if for you. --sethile (talk) 16:31, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: France
Wall Rope Works Inc.

An interesting pipe created by or for Wall Rope Works, Inc. with a rope like carved shank.
The following turned up in a search. It seems likely this pipe was made as a gift or promotional offering for Wall Rope Works, located in Beverly, NJ., as referred to in a Facebook photo gallery. 
"an industrial complex of national importance and was the first large manufacturer of corded rope. The heart of the factory was its ropewalk, a long narrow building where strands of material were laid and twisted into rope. The 1,700 foot-long facility was the largest in the U.S. The company supplied rope products for the military beginning with the Spanish-American War and was of major importance, during the First World War; its products were used in the construction of the Kennedy Space Center."
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Wathen

Kerry S. Wathen was a pipemaker who worked for a small pipe shop in south Kansas City called "The Briar Patch" in the 1970's. Tending to larger sized pipes his centerpiece was a huge briar calabash shape. When the Briar Patch closed he probably moved to Iowa where his pipes were available at David's Briar Shop in Des Moines (ca. 1977 - 1980/81).
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Wathen was having some problems with his hands at that time and was finally forced to give up his talented carving.
He usually inscribed his pipes with his name and two digits for the year of production like "Wathen '75". The best pieces were named "Reflection".
Category: Pipe makers by nationalityCategory: United States
Kerry S. Wathen, Sr. passed away on April 1, 1985 in his hometown of Topeka, Kansas. (Submitted by William J. Franqui Sr., Kerry S. Wathen's brother-in-law).
Watkins

Philip Chase Watkins was born in 1991.
A young craftsmen, (blacksmithing, pipe making, wood working, and leather crafting), I have recently 
developed a passion for pipe crafting and smoking. My first working pipe was from a piece of walnut, it has a great draw and the walnut adds a flavor of its own. I am starting to work briar, and hope to 
use some antler or bone on some of my pipes in the future. I also build pipe racks, I have many 
original designs, not all built yet, but most are poplar in a mahogany finish. All my crafts are hand made, because I haven't the money to afford fancy machinery, and I think this adds a very personal 
touch to every thing. I hope to start selling locally at art fairs or things of the like.
Best wishes and happy smoking,Philip Watkins
 Philip Chase Watkins
 Address?
 USA
 
 Phone: 858-771-9074
 E-mail: 
 Website: 
Category: Pipe makers by nationalityCategory: United States
Webb

From Pipes, Artisans and Trademarks, by José Manuel Lopes
Roy Roger Webb is a North American artisan from Sevierville, Tennessee. Having made pipes for around 30 years, he today has a small production of briar sculpted pipes, mainly mythological figures, which are precision made and highly detailed. Roy uses acrylic stems.
Contact Information:
 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/roy.r.webb
 Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/roger-webb/23/537/680
Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: United States
Wedgwood

The following submission is courtesy of Racine & Laramie Tobacconist
Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, commonly known as Wedgwood, was a fine china, porcelain, and luxury accessories company founded on 1 May 1759 by English potter and entrepreneur Josiah Wedgwood. At the outset, Josiah Wedgwood started his own pottery in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent. His marriage to Sarah Wedgwood, a distant cousin with a sizable dowry, helped him launch his new venture.
In 1766, Wedgwood bought Etruria, a large Staffordshire estate, as both a home and factory site. Wedgwood developed a number of further industrial innovations for his company, notably a way of measuring kiln temperatures accurately and new ceramic bodies including Black Basalt and Jasperware, both unglazed ("biscuit") stonewares.
Wedgwood's best known product is Jasperware, created to look like ancient cameo glass. Jasperware In the mid eighteenth century was probably the most important ceramic innovation since the development of Chinese procelain some 1000 years before. It was the triumphant outcome of several thousand experiments undertaken by Josiah Wedgwood in his long search for perfection of an entirely new and innovative ceramic body. It arose from the need for Wedgwood to compete in the rapidly expanding world market for imitations of Graeco-Roman bas reliefs and intaglios in the neo-classical art movement. It was inspired by the Portland Vase, a Roman vessel which is now a museum piece. The first jasperware color was Portland Blue, an innovation that required experiments with more than 3,000 samples. In recognition of the importance of his pyrometric beads (pyrometer), Josiah Wedgwood was elected a member of the Royal Society in 1783. 
The main Wedgwood motifs in jasperware – as well as in other wares like basaltware, queensware, caneware, etc. – were decorative designs that were highly influenced by the ancient cultures being studied and rediscovered at that time, especially as Great Britain was expanding its empire. Archaeological fever caught the imagination of many artists, and many motifs were taken from ancient mythologies. Nothing could have been more suitable to satisfy this huge business demand than to produce replicas of ancient artifacts. Many representations of royalty, nobles and statesmen in silhouette were created, as well as political symbols. These were often set in jewelry, as well as in architectural features like fireplace mantels, moldings and furniture.
Wedgwood had increasing success with hard paste porcelain which attempted to imitate the whiteness of tea-ware imported from China, an extremely popular product amongst high society. High transport costs and the demanding journey from the Far East meant that the supply of chinaware could not keep up with increasingly high demand. In 1812 Wedgwood produced their own bone china which, though not a commercial success at first eventually became an important part of an extremely profitable business.
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Weller.de

Als Pfeifenmacher ist der 1930 in Würzburg geborene Fritz Weller ein Spätberufener. Nach dem Krieg begann er eine Ausbildung zum Augenoptiker, nach deren Abschluss er im Betrieb seines Vaters arbeitete. Später war er als Handelsvertreter für die Firma Oldenkott tätig. Die profunden Kenntnisse über die Fertigung von Pfeifen, die er dabei erlangte, wandte er dann im Tabakwaren-Fachgeschäft seiner Frau zur Durchführung von Reparaturen an. Aber erst nach dem Eintritt in den Ruhestand, mit 66 Jahren, begann Fritz Weller 1996 seine jahrzehntelangen Erfahrungen mit Pfeifen und die daraus gewonnenen Erkenntnisse und Fertigkeiten in eigene Pfeifen umzusetzen.
Wellers Pfeifen beeindrucken durch eher zurückhaltende, klare Formen und eine überaus gediegene Verarbeitung. Da er sein Pfeifenschaffen eher als Passion denn als Quelle zur Aufbesserung der Pension begreift, verwendet er enorme Zeit auf die Ausarbeitung jedes Details, was jede einzelne Pfeife zum handgearbeiteten Unikat macht. Wobei „handgearbeitet“ hier wörtlich zu nehmen ist. Dem entsprechend verlassen nur ca. 15 Pfeifen pro Jahr seine Werkstatt. Ein echter Geheimtipp also!
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Weller verarbeitet fast ausschließlich Bruyere aus der Toskana. Mit viel Liebe strebt er danach, die Schönheit der Maserung durch die jeweilige Formgebung zur Geltung zu bringen. Unterstrichen wird dies durch meist helle Beizen in naturnahen Farben. Als Finish erhält jede Pfeife einen dünnen Überzug mit Schellack und eine abschließende Wachspolitur. Zurückhaltung übt Weller auch bei den Applikationen, wo Cumberland, Rosenholz oder auch Nickelringe verwendet werden. Massive Gold- oder Silberringe finden dagegen nur ganz selten Verwendung.
Für manchen sicher betrüblich: 90% aller Weller-Pfeifen haben eine 9mm-Filterbohrung. Als Stempelung tragen die Pfeifen lediglich ein schlichtes „W“. Qualitätsstufen (Grading) gibt es nicht. Die Preise bewegen sich von ca. 250 - 450 Euro; einige herausragende Stücke liegen auch mal darüber.
Mit solch „neumodischen Veranstaltungen“ wie etwa Internet hat der rüstige Pensionär nichts im Sinn. Wer ihn nach Fotos seiner Pfeifen fragt, dem schickt er freundlich einen richtigen Brief mit richtigen Fotografien zu. 
 Fritz Weller
 Judenbühlweg 25
 97080 Würzburg
 Deutschland
 Telefon: +49 (0)931 - 76551
 Händler: Pfeifen-Behrend
English version see Fritz Weller
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Wenhall

Wenhall Pipes Ltd. was a distribution company out of New York City.
By the end of the 1970's Wenhall approached Michael Kabik and Glen Hedelson, at that time operating from a farm house in Glen Rock, Maryland to create a line of freehands called Wenhall. The situation was favorable, because Kabik & Hedelson had ended their cooperation with Mel Baker of Tobak Ltd. to produce the famed Sven-Lar freehands shortly before.
Upon Wenhall's offer the partners got a bank loan and set up a studio of 2000 square feet in a fairly new industrial park in Bel Air, Maryland and took on the name Vajra Briar Works. Wenhall initially wanted 500 pipes a week! But Kabik & Hedelson doubted that they could move that much product and told them they would produce 250 pipes per week. Happily, some of the old crew from Sven-Lar joined them at Vajra Briar Works, and thus they rather quickly met the production demands.
Furthermore during this time, Wenhall requested to create a line of pipes consisting of 12 different shapes. The line was called The Presidential and, while they repeated the same 12 shapes for this series, each one was freehand cut. Although they came up with interesting designs, mainly developed by Hedelson, especially Kabik was never really happy with the line or the concept, but, by this time, they had nine people on full-time payroll.
The stint with Wenhall lasted a couple of years, at which time they asked them to join Wenhall in a move to Miami, Florida. But by this time Kabik and Hedelson felt very uncomfortable with the owners of Wenhall and decided that they'd rather close the shop than make the move. Time proved that decision very wise, as Wenhall folded shortly after the move. All the same they had to close Vajra, but scaled down to the two of them and moved the operation to the farm house Glen was currently living in.
Presumptively for a shorter period only Wenhall had pipes made in Denmark by Karl Erik. (BTW K.E. Ottendahl ceased all sales to the USA in 1987.)
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Wenhall also distributed pipes from Italy. By unconfirmed information Gigi and Cesare Barontini were mentioned as suppliers.
Category: Pipe makers by nationalityCategory: United States
Werner Bürmann

== Contact Information ==
 Pfeifenlädchen Bürmann
 Werner Bürmann
 Spohrstr. 10
 34295 Edermünde OT Besse
 
 Phone & Fax: +49 (0)5603 5560
 E-Mail: mailto:pfeifenlaedchen-w.b.design@t-online.de
 Website: http://www.pfeifenlaedchen.de/
Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: Germany
Wesley's

The Wesley family began their involvement with pipe and tobacco sales in the 1920's, working with John Tennison Burrows at the Newsagent & Tobacconist he founded in 1905 in Durban, South Africa. The family continued their involvement for decades, and in 1971 Colin Wesley opened the first Wesley's Tobacconist in Johannesburg. Six years later he opened another store, a smaller mall shop, which became the prototype for franchising the stores, now in seven locations. 
Wesley's has had a long association with Stanwell and is also a seller of many other brands, but does not produce a house pipe at this time.
Contact:
Website
E-mail
Post Office Box 52466
2132 Saxonwold
Main store:
The Mall of Rosebank, Cradock Avenue, Johannesburg
Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: South Africa
Wessex

Wessex was originally a brand of pipes by Hall & Fitzgerald Co, then produced in France by Chacom. A wholesaler of pipes, "fancy goods," and tobacconists supplies, Hall & Fitzgerald's hallmark was first registered in England in 1899.
Wessex is likely linked to Wessex Tobacco Company, formed in London in the early 1980s by a group of pipe tobacco experts. Some models have been drawn up by the German architect and designer Peter Kliem, and produced in Saint-Claude factories, with acrylic and cumberland stems. Symbol: W or black spot on a silver background.From Pipes, Artisans and Trademarks, by José Manuel Lopes
Wessex is also a brand of Denicotea.
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Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: France
Category: Great Britain
Westbury

John Steele writes:
I came across a really interesting find. It’s an old unsmoked Canadian pipe maker called Westbury. I checked all of the regular places and wasn’t able to find anything about them. What’s interesting is that the Made In Canada stamp looks a lot like post patent era Bringham, but the ‘Made’ is over ‘in Canada’. 
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Whidbey Islander Pipes

Whidbey Islander Pipes are high-praised, but very rarely seen freehand pipes.
Hand-cut Briars by Master Pipe Maker Travers LaRue were made and sold in his shop "Virginia Tobacco and Pipe Shoppe " in Langley on Whidbey Island, Wa. between 1972- 1983. LaRue died in 1983. He used 125 year old Sardinian briar and 150 year old Grecian Plateau briar with or without burl top. Trav custom designed " free-hands " or classic shapes. A sterling dot on the shank along with his signature marked his one of a kind designs and possibly one of the best smoking pipes around. Trav taught his son-in-law Charles Whitmore the trade and soon he became a pipe maker too. The shop produced a hand-cut from 75 year old Italian briar known as the " Whidbey Islander ". These were mostly made by Chuck Whitmore that could be ordered with your own name inscribed. The shop was also known for hand blended pipe tobacco that was 100% pure premium quality American and imported tobaccos. The most famous being " Brown Crock ". The 1936 Hollywood Pipe Shop recipe that Bing Crosby smoked exclusively and loved by many. The family still owns the recipe. Travers pipes are few and precious. You're lucky if you own one. Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: United States
White Dog Freehand Pipes

White Dog Freehand Pipes
is a young brand from the heart of Switzerland since 2004. In this very year Richard Baggenstos, the artisan, and his nephew Edgar Auf der Maur got addicted to pipe smoking. Richard Baggenstos was so excited about these noble objects that he decided to produce pipes himself.
Originally he made the pipes from walnut wood, and also the stems were made out of wood! But after a visit to Saint-Claude in 2005, he decided to make his pipes in the future out of the more valueable briar wood. Today Richard Baggenstos uses selected Plateaux briar exclusively, entirely purchased from Saint-Claude. The mouthpieces are completely cut by hand from ebonite rods. So each of his freehand pipes is a little master work. Absolutely professional in style and shaping, each of his pipes sustains comparison to pipes of other top freehanders as he has been assured by some master pipemakers from Saint-Claude.
Three lines of pipes are offered:
* Eld line. Free forms, often referring to Scandinavian designs, but also "Fantasy" pipes which don't fit to any category. All pipes of the Eld line show a smooth surface.
* La Mignonne line. Also smooth surfaces only. La Mignonne pipes reflect classical period English and French shapes.
* Deerstalker line. The Deerstalker line includes classical shapes of English, Danish and French descent as well as free forms. Deerstalkers are partially or completly sand-blasted.
Once again: all pipes by Richard Baggenstos are 100% hand-made! Being a perfectionist he pays highest attention to achieve the best graining possible. All borings and the finish of the surfaces are worked out to perfection. Because briar however is a product of nature, smaller inclusions (spots) cannot be anticipated. However fills of any kind are never used.
Last, not least, Richard Baggenstos is also co-founder - and now vice-president - of Pfeifenclub Innerschwyz (Pipe Club Innerschwyz), established officially on August 2nd, 2006 by five young pipe enthusiasts. 
Kontakt:
 E-mail: mailto:schweizer.kunsthandwerk@gmail.com
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Category: Pipe makers by nationalityCategory: Switzerland
White Elephant

<revive zone="20" align="right" caption="Pfeifen Shop Online (a new Pipedia Underwriter) has an excellent selection of White Elephant Pipes" />Most people know White Elephant as a solid manufacturer of pipe filters and pipe cleaners from Ettenstatt in Franconia, founded by Robert Maderholz. In Germany, White Elephant is the sole producer of pipe cleaners. There are only 3 manufacturers in the whole of Europe.
Interestingly, the company's roots lie in pipe making. Robert Maderholz produced pipes from 1945 to 1984. Later, the company specialized in filters and, over the years, also in cleaners.
After a long time, you can finally find pipes again in the White Elephant range. Courtesy, Pfeifen Shop Online
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Wiener Kaffeehauspfeife

Wiener Kaffeehauspfeifen (viennese coffee house pipes) are a special type of clay pipes where only the stummel is made of unglazed clay. The shank is often made of wood and the mouthpiece may be made from horn.
As early as the late 18th century, some Viennese coffee houses had their own rooms for smokers. Business-minded coffee house owners offered their guests pipes stuffed with tobacco as a service. They only paid for the tobacco, the use of the pipe was free. Which brings us to the classic Viennese coffee house pipe of the 19th century. Its tall, slender head with six facets, made of white pipe clay, is easy to recognize. In the ornament-friendly 19th century, of course, the charming ornamentation could not be missing. The repertoire included geometric patterns, delicate tendrils, flowers, vases and figures. These pipes intended for the Austro-Hungarian market were made in workshops in the Westerwald, Germany, southeast of Cologne - well into the 20th century. The astonishingly long stems were mostly made of cherry or sour cherry wood. In order to have enough suitable wood available for their production, trees were planted near Vienna, in Theresienfeld in Lower Austria. One can only hope that the horn mouthpieces of the rental pipes were replaced and washed after use ...https://stadtarchaeologie.at/aus-der-wundertuete-wiener-kaffeehauspfeifen/
Anyone who wanted could rent such a pipe for a small fee or for free if it was a known person for the duration of a pipe filling. The guest got a new mouthpiece, mostly they were made of goose quill and then he could indulge in his smoking pleasure. Once it was smoked, the pipe was taken apart, cleaned by the servant of the coffee house and another guest could enjoy it. We know a similar custom from other large cities, including England. There, clay pipes were borrowed in the so-called TabagieSee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabagie_(room) for a small fee and could then be smoked by those who did not own a pipe or who had forgotten it at home. The Kaffee Neuner on Seilergasse was particularly famous in Vienna. Famous contemporaries liked and often frequented there: Lenau and Grillparzer, for example, they quietly smoked their borrowed pipes there.Peter Lehmann, http://169807.xobor.de/t4796f23-Rund-um-die-Pfeifen-von-und-mit-Peter-Lehmann.html#msg17103
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Wilbur B. Driver Co

This pipe was apparently made for the Wilbur B. Driver Company. The company was founded in 1918, was a manuacturer and developer of heat-resistant metal alloy wires, ribbons, and other materials, establishing its first factory in Newark, N.J. In 1967, WBD was sold to the General Telephone and Electronics Corporation (GTE), later acquired by Verizon, and became a subsidiary of GTE's Sylvania Electric Products, Inc.
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