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Birnbaum

William Birnbaum was a late 19th century maker of meerschaum and briar pipes.
A case label for a meerschaum pipe states that it was sold by William Birnbaum of 39 Cortlandt St., NY. William Birnbaum was located at Cortlandt Street in 1881, but by 1890 the business had moved to 80 Nassau Street. Its unclear when the move took place.
https://pipesmagazine.com/forums/threads/late-19th-century-william-birnbaum-cased-meerschaum.48271/
found in old NY business directories, unclear in which
== Gallery ==
Birnbaum Meerschaum Skull Pipe Bowl.jpg|Meerschaum Skull Pipe Bowl, courtesy of Skinner, Inc. www.skinnerinc.com
Birnbaum_Meerschaum_01.jpg|pre-1890s Meerschaum pipe, courtesy piffyr
Birnbaum_Meerschaum_02.jpg|pre-1890s Meerschaum pipe, courtesy piffyr
Birnbaum_Meerschaum_03.jpg|pre-1890s Meerschaum pipe, courtesy piffyr
Birnbaum.jpeg|Briar pipe in a fitted case, with a very unusual brown amber stem, courtesy Racine & Laramie Tobacconist
== References ==
Category:Pipe makers by nationality
Category:United States
Blakemar Briars

The founder of the Blakemar dynasty, Thomas Martin started his five year apprenticeship in the early 1880’s with John Friedrich of Soho where he initially learned his trade carving meerschaums. He then went on to learn briar pipe making with Loewes of London, the most prestigious of the London pipe makers in the days before Dunhill became a household name. Having contributed to a gold medal winning exhibition display for his employers, he returned to his home village of Blakesley and set up the first Martin pipe workshop in 1890.
In due course his skills and the factory were passed on to his son Richard (Dick) who, in 1961 moved to Litchborough, the ‘next door’ village, when larger premises became available. During his tenure, Dick modernized the process, changing from treadle lathes and long, flapping drive belts to electric power.
One of Dick’s most loyal customers was the legendary WWII "Battle of Britain" flying ace Douglas Bader, famously portrayed by Kenneth More in "Reach for the Sky", a film adapted from the biography of the same name by Paul Brickhill. Sir Douglas smoked a small billiard with a short saddle stem.
Having no sons, Dick passed on his skills to his nephew, Michael Billington, the current owner, who started at the factory in 1970 and took over at the present site in 1986. Sadly, Dick passed away in January 2003, at the age of 84, right up until the end he was still helping out in the factory, keeping his hand in and offering advice and encouragement. Mike has continued the policy of conservative evolution, introducing new shapes and encompassing new technologies, like the 9mm filters particularly favoured in continental Europe and now, of course, joining the on-line community. The pipes, however, remain essentially the same as they have been since 1890 - a joy to behold and a delight to smoke.
Situated in the rolling hills of Northamptonshire, the “county of squires and spires” the quiet village of Litchborough is only 8 miles from Althorp House, resting place of the late Diana, Princess of Wales. About the same distance away to the south is Sulgrave Manor, ancestral home of George Washington, destined later of course to become the first President of the United States of America, whilst even closer than that, to the south-east, (sometimes within earshot) is Silverstone, home of the British Grand Prix Circuit.
By Maxim W. Engel, courtesy pipes2smoke.com
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 Website: Blakemar Briars
 e-mail: mailto:mike@blakemar.co.uk
 Unit 10 Litchborough Rural Industry Estate 
 Northampton Road 
 Litchborough, Towcester 
 Northants NN12 8JB 
 England 
 Telephone +44 (0) 1327 830213 
 Fax +44 (0) 1327 830366 
 Pipes available from: pipes2smoke.com & The Smoker's Lounge
Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: Great Britain
Bluebird

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The idea behind Bluebird, is to create extremely comfortable and unique pipes, designed with the purpose to be well balanced and light, re-imagining classic forms through a modernist lens, with simple and harmonious lines, colorful and bright finishes.
Designed and entirely made in Italy, by one of the most historical pipe factory, with our best and well seasoned briar.
Currently we have created 3 different shapes (egg, dublin and bulldog) but in the future we surely add more choices, that will match with the philosophy of Bluebird. Courtesy lepipe.it
If you have information about these pipes or the company that makes them please add it here, or send it to sethile.pipes@gmail.com and we can add it for you.
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Category:Pipe makers by nationality
Category:Italy
Bocci

Enrico Bocci, presumed to be of Italian origin, primarily turned out machine made pipes. The better ones were pre-turned and finally shaped and finished by hand.
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Bocci must have retired sometimes in the 1980's.
Category: Pipe makers by nationalityCategory: Belgium
Bogelund

Åge Bogelund was in charge of the Bari factory after Viggo Nielsen. During factory operation and after the factory closed he made some handmade pipes stamped with his name, some are quite large and some are very unique. They are scarce and have become collectible.
From 1978 to 1993 Åge Bogelund and Helmer Thomsen headed Bari's pipe production. Helmer Thomson bought the company in 1993 re-naming it to "Bari Piber Helmer Thomsen". The workshop moved to more convenient buildings in Vejen. Bogelund created very fine freehands of his own during the time at Bari.
File:Bogelund01.jpg|Example and details, courtesy Doug Valithcka
File:Bogelund05.jpg|Example and details, courtesy Doug Valithcka
File:Bogelund07.jpg|Example and details, courtesy Doug Valithcka
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AgeBogelund.jpg|Åge Bogelund pipe with very nice straight grain, courtesy of Mike Ahmadi
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Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: Denmark
Bogni

Ercole Bogni started out working for some of the most famous Italian pipe makers in northern Italy, and in 1963 he started making his own pipes. Due to the quality of his work, especially the semi-rusticated and smooth naturals, his skills as a rusticator and carver is still in high demand by other well-known pipemakers. Because Ercole works for those companies in the Gavirate region, the amount of time he dedicates to making his own pipes is not much, and as a result, the production of Ercole Bogni pipes is limited. All Ercole Bogni pipes are made entirely by hand out of the best available briar. Ercole is also one of the few makers who regularly makes the mouthpieces for his pipes out of different materials.
From The Italian Pipe
In 1963, and after having worked with pipe makers in the region for several years, Ercole Bogni started making his own pipes under his own name. At that time he started his love for a particular pipe finish that was much in demand in those days (and still is): The rusticated/carved finish. This particular finish requires not only a lot of patience and love for the craft but also a great deal of talent and precision. Due to the great job he does with this difficult finish, most of the pipe makers in the area, including some of the most well-known names in the world today, continue to resort to Ercole for the rustication of their pipes, or at least, the ones that reserve being handles with the hands of a true specialist. For this reason, the fact that Ercole works as a rusticator/carver for those companies, the amount of time he dedicates to making his own pipes is not much, and as a results, the production of Ercole Bogni pipes is limited. 
Another important and rare aspect of the pipes made by Ercole Bogni is that they're not all made of briar. Ercole has always been in love with olive wood, and he has never stopped making some of the world's best olive wood pipes. He uses only Calabrian olive wood which is known to be extra strong and yet has a very pronounced and uniform grain. 
Ercole is also one of few makers who regularly makes the mouthpieces for his pipe out of different materials, mainly vulcanite, acrylic and cumberland.
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== Gallery ==
File:ErcoliBogni SmoothFreehand.jpg|Smooth Freehand, courtesySmokingPipes.com
File:ErcoliBogni PartiallyRusticatedScoop.jpg|Partially Rusticated Scoop, courtesySmokingPipes.com
== Contact Information ==
 Website: http://www.ercolepipe.it/
Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: Italy
Bond Street

Bond Street was a tobacco blend made by Philip Morris. It is also the street that was the home of the original Orlik factory. The pipe tobacco was manufactured in the U.S. There are also pipes branded BOND STREET, at least some them were made by Comoy's as evidenced by the example bellow, which appears to have been made for Orlick's tobacco shop located on Bond Street in London:
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== Bond Street Tobacco Ads, courtesy Doug Valitchka ==
Bondarev

Alexandr (Sasha) Bondarev lives and works in Riga, Latvia. He makes tobacco smoking pipes since 2011.
Sasha graduated from school of arts and intended to devote my life to art, to become an artist or, rather, a sculptor. Yet he was better at math and physics, so he decided to go to Technics University. Alexandr worked few years as web-designer, then as web-programmer. At first, pipe making was just a hobby, then evolved into beloved half-time job, and now is the only job.
 
 
 
 
Alexandr makes 3-6 pipes a month. He uses Italian briar from Mimmo. He prefers straight classical shapes, most with long shank (canadians, liverpools), almost doesn't make nosewarmers. The inside diameter of draught-hole is 4mm (a little more because of grinding), air holes in stems are cone-shaped.
Contact Information:
 Website: bondarev.lv
 Contact: Facebook, sasha@bondarev.lv, +371 28 67 19 25
Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: Latvia
Bonfiglioli

Alberto has been making pipes for over 40 years, his way at his speed. His pipes are have a distinctive, indubitably Italian look, but like no others. He runs a small smoke shop in Bologna, Italy, that is also the meeting place of the Alberto Bonfiglioli Pipe Club. 
Alberto make no more than 100-150 pipes a year. All are hand made by him from sun dried hand selected Grecian briar - that he has aged for 10-15 years. This accounts for their superb reputation as great smokers. He also has the O.B.B. with 20-25 year old briar. 
GL Pease write's " I've had a few of Alberto's pipes come in and out of my collection over the years. They have all been excellent smokers".
Every Alberto Bonfiglioli pipe has a Lucite stem & is stamped, "Alberto Bonfiglioli, Made in City of Bologna Italy", the shield of US "Route 66", because he traveled it as & is a great fan of the USA, a size stamp "XL" etc, "US Patent 93/803/348", a grade stamp, URSUS , Black Angus etc. 
Courtesy, pipes2smoke.com
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Contact Information
 Alberto Bonfiglioli
 Via Bertiera 8/A
 40126 Bologna (Bologna / Emilia-Romagna)
 Italy
 
 Phone: +39 051 231771
 E-Mail: tid0826@iperbole.bologna.it
 Website: Alberto Bonfiglioli
Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: Italy
Bonnie Brier

Bonnie Brier is a trademark of Finsbury Products, Inc. of Elmsford, NY..
The trademark was registered in November of 1976, and expired in August of 1997.
The pipes are signed "Bonnie Briar" in script with the name of the model line underneath and "Imported Briar" below.
There are several model lines with different makers marks on the stem or shank: Matterhorn (a crown), Standard, Highlands (script "H"), Interlude (stylized "JB" in an oval) and Willow Ridge (script "W R").
(src: www.trademarkia.com, www.pipephil.eu)
Borg Mortensen

Borge Mortensen of Denmark
In the following example, the name is stamped very small on the top of the turned part of a Cumberland stem.
The side has a unique symbol " the hammer (Mjolnir) of Thor, the god of thunder ". There is also limited stamping on the wood: HANDARBEJDE, DANMARK
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Category:Pipe makers by nationality
Category:Denmark
Boris Starkov

Boris Starkov Pipes
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Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: Russia
Borkum Riff

Borkum Riff is a brand of pipe tobacco manufactured in Denmark for Scandinavian Tobacco Group.original article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borkum_RiffSmooth Sailing with Borkum Riff Pipes Magazine
== History ==
'Borkum Riff' tobacco was launched in Sweden in the 1960s. It was a rough cut blend of Virginia and Burley tobaccos. The tobacco blend had been developed by Bertil Sandegård with an eye on the US pipe tobacco market. Initial sales were sluggish, but when Borkum Riff's Bourbon Whiskey blend was successfully introduced in the US in 1969, sales increased. Since then, new flavours and new packaging have been introduced. Today, Borkum Riff is also sold in India, Canada, Australia, Switzerland, Norway, Spain, New Zealand, Japan, France, Italy, Germany as well as in several other markets around the world. Borkum Riff's biggest market, however, is still the United States. Today, the Borkum Riff, which is manufactured in Denmark for Swedish Match, is the third largest tobacco producer on the Swedish market. In 2011 Borkum Riff ownership changed to Scandinavian Tobacco Group.
Borkum Riff was a lighthouse located at 53° 58' N, and 6° 22' E in Heligoland Bight off the Dutch coast in the North Sea. It was a landmark for seafarers and was well-known to Swedish radio listeners, as weather reports mentioned Borkum Riff several times a day. The former lightship called Borkum Riff was used from 1960 to 1964 as the first radio ship of Radio Veronica, which became the first off-shore radio station in the Netherlands. The ship in the Borkum Riff's company logo originates from a 17th-century engraving made by Johann Baptist Homann.
== Manufacturing ==
The tobacco is manufactured on behalf of Swedish Match at the Scandinavian Tobacco Group's Orlik factory in Assens, Denmark. Formerly, it had been produced by Mac Baren on a dedicated production line.
== References ==
Category:Pipe tobacco brands
Bosi Pipes

Kirk's website
From Kirk's website:
Of Italian descent, Kirk Bosi resides in Manhattan, IL. Where he creates a relatively small volume of beautiful, handcrafted pipes. Each Bosi pipe is carved from the finest hand select Briar. Paying careful attention to the wood grain, he hand shapes the tough burl blocks into individually crafted works of art in a variety of styles, from freehand to the classics. Important design features include tobacco holes cut with a custom drill bit that is tapered shaped to allow a better draw and thicker bowl walls to maximize cool smoking. Draft holes are drilled 4.3mm tapered down to the button of the stem to allow a 4mm to 4.5mm bit thickness at the flair end of the stem. All the pipes are coated with Carnauba Wax which allows the bowl to breathe while protecting the wood from oils and impurities.
So if your pipe is stamped with the BOSI logo, you know it has met a serious standard of pipe-making craftsmanship not found in machine pipes.
Contact information: E-mail: mailto:bosipipes@gmail.com
Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: United States
Bourgeois

From Pipes, Artisans and Trademarks, by Jose Manuel Lopés'
old French brand of the artisan Andre Bourgeois (1911 - 1983), with sintallations at the Rue du Plan du Moulin 16, in Saint Cladue. His complete name is Andre Gustave Leon Bourgeois-Phillppet, and he calls himself le roi de la pipe, advertising his pieces as les pipes de roi. The factory machines are powered by the water mill, which was also where the company was based.
Category: Pipe makers by nationalityCategory: France
Bowles & Son Ltd

Article from GLAMORGAN Record Office, (2006), Report for the period 1 June – 31 August 2006.
== Bowles and Son - Tobacconists of Cardiff ==
Bowles and Son Ltd. was established in 1888. The company was a wholesale and retail tobacconist. During the 1950s it was run by Reginald Bowles and his brother Ivor. Its head office was at 9 James Street, Butetown, Cardiff, on the corner of James Street and George Street. The company owned shops across Cardiff, in St. Mary's
Street, Castle Street, Queen Street and High Street, along with a shop in Station Approach, Pontypridd. At one time, the company owned a total of 11 shops, some of which had been taken over from Percy Cadle.
The firm's stock was held in a warehouse in the basement of 9 James Street, which also included a cigar curing room. The stock was transferred from the basement warehouse to the first floor shop by dumb waiter. The second floor was used as office space. 
The firm stocked a wide range of tobacco, including a number of foreign brands for the large proportion of regular customers from Cardiff's Somali community and for the seamen who came in to the docks. The firm also stocked a vast range of pipes, which were popular during the first part of the 20th century; cigarette lighters and ashtrays which, as they were not disposable at that time, were often seen as accessories and decorative pieces in their own right; matches; spills and pipe cleaners. As a wholesaler, the company supplied pubs, clubs and other shops across south east Wales. 
All the shops were of a similar appearance. Most carried the same sort of stock, with some variations. One shop stocked sweets and two others, on High Street and St. Mary's Street, had a barber's shop at the rear.
The company was sold by its owners, Tom and William (Bill) Bowles, sons of Reginald and Ivor Bowles respectively, in 1979.
Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: Great Britain
Bradberry

Bradberry Pipe Corp. (1960s); New York. One of the following examples appears to have a stem made in Italy. It may be an example of a different Bradberry pipe, but could also just be an indication the New York based company used stems made in Italy. 
These examples are both marked "CLASSIC" in addition to "BRADBERRY". 
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And here we have a leather clad Bradberry pipe, which was made in Belgium. So we apparently have the Bradberry company sourcing pipes from several different manufacturers, or several different companies using the Bradberry brand: 
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If you can shed any further light on any of this, please add it here, or send it to sethile.pipes@gmail.com, and we can add it for you.
Category:Pipe makers by nationality
Category:United StatesCategory:Belgium
Braddock

Art That Smokes
Bill Braddock: "On our website you will find Smoking Pipes made from the finest Italian and Algerian Plateau briar. Standard shapes are not always the standard here. We make many different styles of freehand pipes and our standard shapes always have just alittle different look about them. Stems are handmade or modifided and sanded to the desired style. Generally, all bowls are coated with a pre-smoke compound. All products are hand made in our shop."
 Bill Braddock
 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
 USA
 
 E-mail: artthatsmokes@cox.net
 Website: Art That Smokes
Category: Pipe makers by nationalityCategory: United States
Brakner

Peter Micklson (†) started his career at the Teofil Suhr workshop, Suhr's Pibemageri, in Copenhagen, where Sixten Ivarsson was the foreman. He brought in Poul Rasmussen and taught him the two or three important things about pipemaking in a six weeks crash course, before he went off to join Poul Nielsen, the later Mr. Stanwell. 
Micklson, who later changed his last name to Brakner,can not have worked under Rasmussen too long before he felt to be good enough to go off on his own. Indeed he carved himself quite a good name as it was proudly announced 1955’s World Championship of Pipe Smoking was won by a smoker who employed a Peter Brakner pipe.
His fame based fairly on developing an unique and very special "micro-rustication" he called Antique. According to Kai Nielsen, Brakner kept this technique as a secret and only once he showed it to one person - Kai's mother. Both have passed away, so this secret technique is lost. Kent Rasmussen was recently inspired by Brakner's Antique finish when he created his new technique of rustication.
Brakner was a close friend of Ole Larsen, the proprietor of the famous W.Ø. Larsen tobacco shop and sold a lot of his pipes there, before Larsen hired his own indoor carvers. From the Larsen Export Catalog 1960/61 we learn a bit about Brakner pipes:
* Antique series. Antique finish in tan or black. Smooth pipes also. Each pipe 7.50 $.
* Bella Danica series. Antique finish in tan or black. Each pipe 10.00 $.
* Royal Danois series. Antique finish in tan or black. Each pipe 12.50 $.
The latter were named after the Royal Danish Guard Regiment, founded in 1689.
Here are links to two complete W.Ø. Larsen catalogs on Pipedia: , and 1961-62: , courtesy Danishpipemakers.com, and a few example pages from the 1961-62 catalog bellow showing Brakner's pipes:
File:WOLarsen1961 62 Brakner1.jpg|Brakner in W.Ø. Larsen 1961-62 catalog
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Brakner was one of the first high-end carvers from Denmark to enter the US market and was considerably successful there in the early 1970's. After his sudden death Peter Brakner’s name faded back from the forefront, but his pipes speak to the injustice of that. His body of work has earned him a place in the important history of Danish pipemaking.
Brakner, on rare occasions, made smooth pipes, as in this example from Tom Pfaeffle. A stacked billiard with plateau top stamped “Jewel of Denmark”. The Danish Pipe Shop confirmed that it is indeed a rare pipe.
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Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: Denmark
Brancher

Brancher Pipes are made by a pipe enthusiast in Georgia USA. The first line of custom pipes were made of hickory wood found locally. Carved, engraved, and polished to the order. These pipes are air tight, and smoke well.
The Brancher brand is a capital "B" with leaf attached to the bottom. The name and logo comes from the source of the pipes. Small Hickory trees make very durable pipes, and Brancher Pipes are made of the section of saplings where the branches are growing making for a sturdy piece.
Brancher pipes was started Feb. 20 2012, and has already started selling across the states. Those interested in contacting the maker can do so by email. sunagon1@gmail.com
A website for sale of pipe and relative merchandise is under construction. This page will be edited as soon as it is available.
Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: United States