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Wiley

Having been apprenticed in wood carving, Randy Wiley fell into pipe making in the 1970s as a means to follow to his passion.
 At the age of 25, and after two years with a Florida based pipe manufacturer, Wiley struck out on his own and has since become one of the most recognizable craftsmen in American pipe making.
Randy Wiley is a distinctive maker as he never sandblasts his work and remains one of the few makers that will oil-cure a pipe. He currently produces around 1000 pipes annually, and the majority are smooth or completely rusticated. Sometimes he will carve a feather over a sandpit, which allows the beautiful grain to not be covered in texture. Aside from his shallow rusticated pieces (done with a rotary tool), Randy also makes some graggy carved pieces for his Old Oak line. All of his stems are made from acrylic, and many of them are very colorful, and twisted by design. Courtesy, Smokingpipes.com
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You might also enjoy listening to Brian Levine's interview with Randy on the Pipes Magazine Radio Show
Contact information:
 Randy Wiley
 (813) 677-8527
 11611 Tucker Rd, Riverview, FL 33569 
 E-mail: mailto:wileypipes@aol.com
 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/randy.wiley.52?fref=ts
Wiley pipes are available at the following dealers (not an exhaustive list):
Smokingpipes.com| Milan Tobacconists | The Gray Fox | The Briar Patch
Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: United States
Wilke

Edwin Wilke founded Wilke Tobacco in 1872. As the story goes, according to a 1937 New York World-Telegram article, he had no sons, and so he taught his two daughters, Anna and Louisa Wilke, how to make pipes and blend tobacco, and by his death in 1930 they were well versed in both trades, and adamant about only using quality briar. In 1950, when they were the focus of an article in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, they were the only women pipe makers in the United States, and had sold pipes to Herbert hoover, Lord Halifax, John Steinbeck and others. The sisters also blended pipe tobacco and repaired pipes. They did not, however, smoke pipes.
Wilke prided itself on "unpainted pipes", and promised that only Macedonian briar was used, without paint, varnish, plug, or putty of any kind. As of 1950, some of their pipes were selling for up to $100.00, or just under $1,000.00 dollars today. By the release of a 1970 New York Magazine highlight of the shop, that claim had risen to $500.00, or over $3,000.00 today.
The Wilke Pipe Shop was located for decades at 400 Madison Avenue and 48th, in New York City, and in the 1970s opened a satellite store in the famed Wanamaker's department store in Philadelphia, selling Wilke pipes made by Steven Johnson. In 1983, the brand was purchased by pipe maker Elliott Nachwalter and his wife, Carole Burns. They continued to operate the Madison Avenue store until the early 1990's, at which point the couple moved to Vermont and Pipeworks & Wilke was born as a mail-order business.
Carole Burnshttp://www.vtpipes.com/ continued blending tobacco in Montpelier, Vermont till July 2017. Now John Brandt looks to continue blending Wilke's traditional blends and bringing back some of the older blends from the early days to keep the 145 year old brand alive and growing.https://www.wilkepipetobacco.com/history
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== References ==
Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: United States
Willard

The Willard pipes were made by Sparta Industries in Sparta, N.C from 1963 to 1975 (about 60,000 pipes per week). Some were distributed by the Post and Base Exchanges that serviced the military during the Vietnam War. Others were produced for R. J. Reynolds Tobacco. (preceding content from the "Pipes" website http://www.pipephil.eu/index.html)
Logo is a capital "W" inside a five pointed star on the stem.
Lord Abbott was either a sub-brand or a series produced by Willard --Dgillmor 22:42, 10 May 2012 (CDT)
Willmer

Sometimes one finds that Willmer was a high-ranking Charatan pipemaker who stepped out on his own after Charatan was bought up by Dunhill. This is contradicted by Willmer's self-definition: "H. Willmer & Son have been making fine pipes for two generations. All our pipes are totally hand made, in house, from the finest materials. The workmanship, from the economy models, right up to the hand made freehands, receive the same care and attention throughout all the stages of production."
 
Willmer was founded in London. According to the website, which doesn't exist anymore because the Willmer factory has been closed in 2006/07, the firm was in business "for more than 60 years" by 2003. Willmer was homed then in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, so not far from the Cadogan plant.
When Willmer first started, they definitely strived to compete with brands in the high-end market. Due to the excellent quality of the pipes Willmer was frequently asked to produce private label pipes for England's best renowned pipe retailers. So many pipes are not easily recognized as Willmers for stamped under the name of the respective shop. Willmer's own pipes were stamped "Willmer - Made in England" and showed a sweeping "W" in white or gold on top or left side of the stem. The earlier grading had AAA as top grade followed by AA, A, AB etc.
Sometime in the 1980's, Willmer went through some major changes. The move to Essex was already mentioned above. They continued making highly respectable freehands - often copying some of the stunning Charatan shapes of days gone by. The grading was altered. What used to be an AAA now became the additional name "Presentation" and was stamped with AAAA. Funny enough, the forth A was often larger than the three before. The other grades were changed accordingly.
 
Willmer also concentrated on lower grade serial pipes ("economy models") which were machine-made to a large extent. These pipes didn't really contribute to the brand's fame... Often finishes and the fitting of the stem to the shank were executed rather shoddy.
In 2003 prices ranged from Euro 60.00 to 800.00. If the informations are reliable, Willmer pipes were quite unknown throughout the New World as only two important US retail shops stocked them.
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Category: Pipe makers by nationalityCategory: Great Britain
Windjammer Pipes

Windjammer Pipes by Justin Bain
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Windjammer Pipes began as a hobby and evolved into a passion. What started as a desire to create a handcrafted one of a kind pipe at a reasonable price 
for myself, turned into the desire to provide the same for others. I don’t believe that I possess any talent greater than my passion to create something beautiful
that can be appreciated for years to come. I have a love for the classics… simple, beautiful and traditional, and I try to represent that in most of my work.
All of my pipes are hand cut and hand shaped without the use of a lathe. They are hand drilled fitted with vulcanite or Lucite stems and finished with natural
stains and pure carnauba wax. I believe that a pipe should be a natural fluid piece of art, so there are never any fills and rustication is used when it will enhance
the beauty of the pipe. 
I hope that you enjoy the site, and maybe even find something that you like. I would love to create a pipe that will become a favorite and hopefully a treasure. 
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Philadelphia, PA
United States
 
Website: Windjammer Pipes by Justin Bain
Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: United States
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Wolsdorff

It was “the great love of cigars” that prompted the Hamburg merchant Emil Karl Ferdinand Wolsdorff to open his first shop on May 7, 1907 on Georgsplatz in Hamburg. He wanted to operate a widespread trade in cigars and therefore planned two things: Firstly, the development of a WOLSDORFF own brand range with exclusive varieties, made by quality manufacturers in Westphalia and Baden-Württemberg. Second, the establishment of an extensive branch network in all of Germany's major cities in order to achieve a nationwide distribution of its brands. There are now around 170 Wolsdorff tobacco shops throughout Germany, selling pipes, cigars and tobacco.https://wolsdorff.shop/historie
Wolsdorff Tobacco GmbH, was acquired by Oettinger Imex AG (now Oettinger Davidoff AG) in 1997. There are currently 880 employees. The managing director is Thomas Vollmer, who joined the company in 1999.
Among lines sold by Wolsdorff tobacconists are Maxim, formerly made by Oldenkott and now made by Design Berlin.
== Contact Information ==
 WOLSDORFF Tobacco GmbH
 Wendenstraße 377
 20537 Hamburg
 Germany
 
 Phone: 49 040 25 30 23 0
 Fax: 49 040 25 30 23 20
== References ==
Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: Germany
Wombaroo Pipes

Wombaroo Pipes by Marty Simm
Marty Simm about himself:
"Few years back I was traveling through Copenhagen. Sitting in an outdoor cafe, I suddenly ran out of cigarettes. As there happened to be a Danish pipe shop next door, I decided to go there, to get some smokes.
Before entering, I noticed a very nice Hans Christian Andersen pipe on the front window. So, in I went, bought some cigarettes and the very same pipe too. Later in the evening, I tried my new pipe, and was pleasantly surprised. This made me to go back next day to buy couple of more pipes.
Back in Toronto with my new pipe collection, the interest about the pipes kept growing. I surfed through lots of websites and this led me to Chicago Pipe Show. In May 2004 I traveled to Chicago for the first time and watched the Lee von Erck pipe-making seminar. This experience became a real ground breaker.
For the next two years I attended the seminar and learned the skills needed to practically make pipes. Then I set up a little workshop in my basement and started to make some pipes of my own.
Since then, it has been my main hobby and I thoroughly enjoy it every day.
My great appreciation goes out to all pipe-makers, who have been kind enough to spare their time to share their skills and knowledge with me.
I hope you enjoy smoking my pipes as much I enjoy making them."
 Marty Simm
 P.O.Box 60018
 Etobicoke, Ontario M9A 5G2
 Canada
 
 Phone: 1 - 416 - 236 - 5098
 E-mail: info@wombaroopipes.com
 Website: Wombaroo Pipes
Category: Pipe makers by nationalityCategory: Canada
Woolsey

Handmade pipes. Lettering and numbers were accomplished with single impact tool for each. Thus are consistently slightly out of alignment. First two numbers indicate year of manufacture, following numbers indicate some sequential numbering of the pipes he had made during that year. The horn interface between bowl and stem is an identifying feature of which Woolsey was quite proud. Doesn't break. Doesn't wear out. He’d carefully observe potential customers while they were handling his pipes displayed on a counter and making a selection. His interest was in identifying the specific characteristics his customers were looking for or expected in a pipe. He took notes concerning customer discussion of features or missing preferences.
 
Woolsey was, as I recall, a fireman living and working in the Los Angeles area in the 1960’s and 70’s. He started making pipes as a spare-time hobby, then gradually expanded his output without ever going into the business full time. Was very much an artistic and technologically competent craftsman. During his annual vacation period he’d travel north and bring along about sixty pipes, then display and sell them in Tacoma and Seattle pipe shops. Woolsey was his real last name, don’t recall the first. His pipes smoke well, have adequate mass to preclude overheating, and physically endure. The one I bought directly from him is horizontally numbered 7550 with the number 65 written immediately below, both remaining above the vertical lettering WOOLSEY.
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Category: Pipe makers by nationalityCategory: United States
Worobiec

(all of this copied from Mr. Worobiec's website with his permission)
== Brief History == 
Henryk Worobiec has been designing and making pipes for over 50 years. The firm was established by his father, Paweł, in 1954, and he has been continuing this family tradition on his own since 1979.
== Awards ==
So far I have been awarded:
* 1985 - Commendation at the 5th All-Poland Exhibition of Artistic Handicraft in Kielce
* 1986 & 1987 - Commendation at the All-Poland Exhibition of Artistic Handicraft in Cracow
* 1989 - Acknowledgement by the President of the Polish Federation of Pipe-Smokers' Clubs "for introduction new designs of pipes, for outstanding involvement in developing pipe-smoking culture in Poland and for the high standard of artistic handicraft"
* 1995 - Entry in "The Golden Book of Polish Handicraft Firms"
* 1995 - Award for "Pipe-smokers' absolute hit of 1995" received during the 2nd All-Poland Championship in Slow Pipe-smoking in Wroclaw
* 1996 - "The 1996 Calumet's Pipe of the Year"
* 2000 - Number one in "The Golden List of Polish Pipe-Manufacturers of Calumet 2000"
The pipes are made of top-quality bruyere, and the production process is mostly based on handiwork. The models range from standard shapes to specially designed forms made on request, from elegant classical lines to idiosyncratic curves. We lay special emphasis on the perfect quality of manufacture, the simplicity and elegance of design and the proper style of packaging. It has been our ambition to follow the changing fashions and, by being able to respond to pipe-smokers' tastes, to create appropriate offers for connoisseur pipe-lovers. 
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== Contact Information ==
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 Henryk Worobiec
 ul. Opalińskiego 10
 37-700 PRZEMYŚL
 POLAND
 
 Website: http://www.fajka.przemysl.pl/
 E-mail: mailto:henwor1@wp.pl
 phone: +48 16 670 16 59
Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: Poland
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Wozniak Pipes

My name is Rafal Wozniak and I am a pipemaker since 2014. The materials I use are mainly briar and ebonite, although
sometimes there are other materials like bog oak or acrylic mouthpieces.
Every single pipe is made individually. Usually I follow my own ideas,
but sometimes I make attempts to interpret ideas of other pipemakers.
This profession gives me pleasure and satisfies the irresistible need for
creating. Each pipe is made by hand with the usage of basic tools. Every
particular pipe is signed with the „R.Woźniak” logo. I hope my pipes will
bring joy to Your senses the same as they bring joy to me when I sculpt them.
Sweet smoke to everyone.
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Contact Information:
 Rafał Woźniak
 Website: http://www.wozniakpipes.com
 rwozniakpipes@gmail.com
Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: Poland
Wähner

As a pipemaker René Wähner (Wähners Handmade Pipes) seems to have stepped out of some foggy nothing... No one knows for sure what he did before, what was his main profession or where he learned his skills. But really from the very first piece in 1994 his pipes were fairly hyped by some German pipelords for their fine craftsmanship, good smoking characteristics and artistic appearence. 
He made only a few pipes a year: 15 to 20, hardly more. So maybe, there are appr. 100 or 120 Wähner pipes at all, because he announced in summer of 2000, that he couldn't make pipes anymore due to his state of health. Same status in 2003.
A little later, there were some rumors saying René Wähner had passed away. And - surprise, surprise! - all of a sudden brand new Wähner pipes hit the market. They were claimed to come from his hereditary deduction and being finished by some other German pipe artisan. This news was spread by some German online trader. Maybe, to raise some profit from the bones of a dead pipemaker?
But René Wähner was not dead at all! Early in 2006 he answered the phone and also emailed to a well-known pipe collector saying that he would get back to pipemaking as soon as his health would allow him to do so! No more news since that time!
btw: He was among the very first pipemakers who employed the new medium internet. And his site is still operating and surely worth a look! The volcano shape (Nos. 3 & 8) is most typical for him.
One thing to be put right: It is not true that Wähner made only smooth pipes! He did very nice blasts as well. But, as a hobbyistic pipemaker - did he have his own equipment?
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 Renè Wähner
 Ringstr. 91
 D-59821 Arnsberg
 Phone: ++49 2931 10017
 Website: Wähners Handmade Pipes
Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: Germany
Yang Kun Pipes

Formerly a makeup artist for Chinese television and film, Yang Kun first discovered his love for pipes in 2010 when a friend showed him a book of pipes by Sixten Ivarsson. Yang Kun transitioned to full time pipe carving from his small shop in Liuzhou in 2012. Early on, Yang had the opportunity to study alongside long time artisan carver Hongjian Qiu who had by then been carving pipes for a few decades (since retired but still teaches), and had himself studied under some of the Danish greats. Qiu has also been instrumental in teaching other pipe makers like Liu Zifeng who has been enjoying success in the American market recently. 
"Qiu taught me a lot about the fundamentals of making pipes, things like proper contrast staining and the importance of creating a pleasing draw and precision draft hole work. He also pushed me to establish my own individual style instead of purely copying other pipes, which is much of what you see occurring in China. Like many, my first pipes were deeply inspired by many Danish carvers like Bo Nordh, S. Bang, and Lomma. But since then, I like to think that my style has evolved into something more individualistic. As I meet and study the works of more Asian carvers I find myself being more inspired by them as well. Carvers like John He, Sam Cui, and Ping Zahn have really helped legitimize the artisan pipe scene in China recently." 
Yang uses only high grade Italian and Grecian briar, and German ebonite. His pipes bear his unique footprint logo (in honor of his son’s birth) and his high grade pieces additionally carry his stamped signature. His grading scale is from 1-4, with 4 being his most exceptional pieces.
Couresy, SatxPipes.com
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Contact Information:
 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yangkunpipes/
 E-mail: yangkunpipes@gmail.com
Category:Pipe makers by nationality
Category:China
Yeti Pipe Co.

Yeti? Why Yeti? In order to understand the answer to that conundrum, you need to first understand the man behind the pipes: Micah Cryder. The young, hyper-intelligent and good humored gent, who was born/currently lives and carves full time in Montana, offers two (of many) reasons. 1. The very word "Yeti" is evocative of the timeless, hearkens 
to campfires, high mountain peaks, exploration and the sense of the unknown waiting to be discovered. 2. While Micah takes his craft very seriously, he is lighthearted of 
outlook, and felt that naming a marque Yeti would impart a sense of humor and whimsy within an industry which, often, seemed to take itself far-too-seriously.
100% handcrafted from Mimmo briar, and featuring hand-carved bits of German ebonite/cumberland, as well as the occasional foray into Juma and Bakelite, Micah's 
interiors boast 4mm/3.5mm draft holes in the mortise and stem, respectively. Although a self-described "child of the internet," receiving a majority of his carving education from forums, Micah states that his biggest boost came as a result of personal instruction from Premal Chheda. While in the process of evolving, the Yeti briar aesthetic currently embraces the American school of shape interpretation.
Micah also made one of the seven pipes selected to be included in the seven day set for the Greater Kansas City Pipe Club's 2013 pipe making contest.
You might also be interested in reading Bear Grave's Interview: Micah Cryder of Yeti Pipes
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Contact Information:
 Email: micah.cryder@gmail.com
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Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: United States
Yingling

Mark Yingling
Mark is a machinist and makes pipe making tools as well as pipes. When pipe making he brings together a machinist eye and the artist's touch to produce some wonderful designs. The following pipes are from the Clifford W. Woodward collection:
Mark Yingling Volcano
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Mark Yingling Lamp
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Mark Yingling Beehive
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 Email:mailto:yinglingm@verizon.net
Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: United States
York House

This pipe marked York House Rosebery appears from the Made in England stamp to be made by Comoy's. Rosebery Extra is listed in the line of Comoy's seconds, so that is another clue.
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Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: Great Britain
Yorkshire

Yorkshire Pipes was a brand sold exclusively through Sears Roebuck Catalogs, as seen in this 1941-42 catalog page. They were made in France of Algerian Briar, and some of the model names were: Bond Street, Royal, Aristocrat, Natural and Straight Grain. They were not stained nor finished with laquer, and had a natural honey color.
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Yunar Pipe

Yunar Pipe is the shop of Abdülvahap Yunar, a second generation meerschaum carver in Eskişehir, Turkey.
Contact information:
Website: http://www.yunarmeerschaum.com/
e-mail: info@yunar.net 
Phone: +90536335 30 32 
Address: Atlıhan crafts bazaar 8/16 Eskişehir;
Category: Pipe makers by nationalityCategory: Turkey
Yunas Edge

From Pipes, Artisans and Trademarks, by José Manuel Lopes
Yunas Edge is a meerschaum pipe artisan. A miner's son, Yunas was born in 1941 in Eskiehir and started as an apprentie to Huseyn Yankik in 1965. He makes 300 pipes a year, especially human figures and animals.
* See SMS
Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: Turkey
Yves Grenard

From Pipes, Artisans and Trademarks, by José Manuel Lopes
Yves Grenard is the brand and name of the director of the French factory Chapuis-Comoy, which produces Chacom. Second cousin of Pierre Comoy (see Comoy's), he has run the company since 1971 and presides over the Chambre syndicale des fabricants de la région de Saint-Claude and the Confrérie des maîtres-pipiers de Saint-Claude.
Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: France