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Castleford

The following information is courtesy of Robert Taylor, who writes:
I noticed you wanted some information regarding Castleford and the following is what I pulled together 10-15 years back when I bought a Castleford. I can’t vouch for its detail of course. It’s certainly not up to date. 
It [Castleford] was crafted in Kent, Southeastern England by Colin Fromm, relatively young for a carver. He is proving to be one of the great English pipe carvers. Renowned for his remarkable sandblasting work and his incredible smooth straight grain hand-cuts. Fromm does all of the work himself on his freehand series, from selection of the finest Grecian and Corsican briar to hand cut bowls and stems to the staining and finishing. The freehand series consists mostly of large to oversized pipes of unbelievable beauty and lightness. Designed to satisfy both the tactile and visual senses, these remarkable pieces are as much a joy hold (being extremely light) as they are to observe. Furthermore, their smoking quality is exceptional, providing a dry, cool smoke. Castlefords are also the only major English brand that is air cured (rather than oil cured like Ashton, Dunhill and Ferndown). Colin Fromm established the Castleford brand of pipes for the American market while he was turning pipes for Invicta Briars. Small numbers of Castleford pipes are still produced by Colin, although he now works for Dunhill. The author of this was reasonably confident that the sand- blasting for his pipes was done by that other legend of the UK pipemaking community, Bill Taylor. Dunhill re-purchased Charatan when J.B. Russell went out of business in 2002 and called on Colin Fromm of Invicta Briars and Castleford fame to produce Charatan freehands. Colin Fromm and his foreman Colin Leeson, both belonging to the small number of English pipe artisans skilled in making high-end freehand shapes, had already been making exquisite freehands for Dunhill for a couple of years in Chatham, Kent. In 2005 the Castleford brand was owned by Music City Marketing (Nashville) who back then was also the authorized distributor in the USA for Alfred Dunhill Pipes and Smokers' Accessory Ranges. At that time Music City had their Castleford pipes made at the Dunhill facility in Chatham where they also made Charatan pipes. 
Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: Great Britain
Catini

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== History ==
Since 1977 Luciano Catini is a pipe maker and produces handcrafted smoking pipes to satisfy the desire to fully realize with own hands these objects and to fully satisfy their taste for smoking.
Beginning, its products was collected from him or gave as a gift to friends who still share with Luciano his passion and the art of smoking a pipe.
"A hobby like any other" said Luciano, not knowing that is one of the few persons to play this activity.
Luciano Catini is also president of the Pipe Cigar Club of Fermo, in Italy.
Now his best creations, unique and valuable pipes are for sale in the official website.
== Contact Inforamtion ==
 Website: CatiniPipe
 Blog: CatiniPipe's Blog
 Via Galvani, 37
 63023 FERMO (FM)
 Tel: +39 3382062246
 Email: mailto:catinipipe@gmail.com
Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: Italy
Cats Paw Pipes

From the Cats Paw Pipes website:
A Little About Us
We have been happily married since October of 1995 and have 1 son, Preston, 5 cats; Foster, Fozz, Teddy, Shadow and Loudmouth and a puppy - Cleo. It doesnt take much to see where the inspiration for the name Cats Paw Pipes came from. It may be a little odd to associate cats paws and pipes, but if you have ever seen a cat stealing your pipe cleaners, you know it kinda fits. Bill still works with the telephone company full time and will produce 15 - 30 pipes per year. Terri has been carving full time since 2002 and produces about 100 pipes per year. Terri is one of only a handfull of female pipe carvers in the world today.
We have been carving pipes since about the middle of 2000. We got started as many new carvers do, a couple of pre-drilled kits, a few tools and not a lot of know how. Those kits produced a couple of pretty ugly pipes, but the seed was sown. We started gradually with a minimum of tools and at first, did not even do our work in the shop. It was all done by hand while sitting on the couch in the living room. As we progressed we found that more and more briar blocks could be found all over the house as well as dusty kitty paw prints when the fur-kids came to check on what we were up to. This ultimately led to us setting up our workshop in the garage. It is heated and insulated, well lit and a wonderful place to sit, carve to our hearts content and really focus on the creation of your new pipe.
Much of our inspiration comes from the work of the great Danish carvers. We love the grace and flow that can be seen in many of the pipes produced by Tom Eltang, Kent Rasmussen, Bo Nordh and many others. We have been honored to meet a number of these carvers and developed friendships over the past few years. We strive to bring this grace and flow to the works we produce so that they will be appealing to the eye and functional as the best smoking pipe that we can produce. Our goal is to make pipes that will last a lifetime and bring a personal touch to ourselves and our customers.
Happy Puffin'
Bill and Terri
Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: Canada
Contact information: 
 Bill & Terri Weist
 6703 1st Ave. North
 Regina, SK. Canada S4X 1C7
 PHONE: (306) 359-1657
Catterall Pipes

Catterall Pipes
Catterall Pipes about:
Catterall Pipes are individually-crafted briar smoking pipes made in Greensboro, North Carolina. The current pipes coming off the bench all feature extra-extra grade plateaux briar from the northeast region of Spain. The stems are hand-cut from acrylic rod stock and fitted with delrin tenons for durability and longevity.
All Catterall Pipes are stamped on the shank with our logo and individually numbered. The current grading system ranges from Grade C through Grade A, reflecting the quality and consistency of the briar’s grain on the pipe. Three Signature-grade pipes, which are not stamped with a grade, have been produced thus far.
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Catterall Pipes are available exclusively at The Pipe & Pint, in Greensboro, North Carolina. Contact Larry Christopher at (336) 218-8610 for information about purchasing a pipe you are interested in.
Catterall Pipes offers a special series of pipes dedicated to the USS North Carolina, which is under restoration at Wilmington, NC. The wooden collars on the acrylic stems of these pipes are made of teak from the original decking of the battleship. They get stamped "NC" in addition to the usual nomenclature, and ask $25 above the regular price point for the grade; the $25 from the sale of each of these pipes is donated to the battleship's restoration fund.
In his main profession, Van Catterall works for a Greensboro based non-profit agency dedicated to helping young people and their families.
Contact Information:
 Van Catterall
 4203 Oakcliffe Road
 Greensboro, NC 27406
 USA
 
 Phone: 336 674-3801
 E-mail: van@catterallPipes.com
 Website: Catterall Pipes
Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: United States
Caxra Pipe

Deden Hendan Durahman is the maker of Caxra Pipes. He lives and works in Bandung, the capital of West Java province, Indonesia. His favorite pipes come from companies such as Stanwell, Comoy, and Peterson, but also pipe makers such as Skovgaard, Tsuge and Eltang. Deden is also eclectic also in its choice of tobaccos, smoking virginia, English from Mac Baren or McClelland, but also aromatics from Lane.
Durahman began by restoring pipes starting in 2014, he then studied shapes, drilling, assembly, and finally launched himself as a pipe maker in 2016. In doing so he discovered the pleasure of making small sculptures, influenced by Lasse Skovgaard, Ivarsson, Tsuge and Eltang. He mingles these influences with his artistic activities as an artist, designer, and photographer.
Caxra pipes are mostly made with aged Italian briar, which is cured for another six months or a year. Some pipes are also made with Indonesian woods, such as amboyna and mangifera. The stems are mostly made with Cumberland and acrylic, but some are also made with ebonite. Spigots and accents are made with silver, duralumin, copper, or brass.
Deden's production is small, making a maximum of four to six pipes per month, in all finishes, his favorite being rusticated. He begins by making many sketches, then chooses one and details it. He then chooses his wood. He pays particular attention to his pipes with his spigots, and his mouthpieces, using what he terms his "nipple lips system".
Its pipes are classified Signature, Holiday Pipes, Poy, Anniversary (all in Grade 1), and the rest in Grade 2. The Edition series is intended to be produced in several copies.
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=== Contact Information ===
 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/caxra.pipe/
 E-mail: caxrapipe@gmail.com
 
Category:Pipe makers by nationality
Category:Indonesia
Celtic Tobacco

Dušan Doubek – Celtic Tobacco
• Celtic Tobacco is a company that is run by Mr. Dušan Doubek. He is a skilled restorer and he was working for several years as the Organ restorer. He put all his experience and enthusiasm into pipe and humidor production. As a keen pipe smoker he prefers pipes of light shapes that are very comfortable for smoking. 
• The original pipes of Mr. Doubek are inspired by the Celtic culture. Mr. Doubek named them as Tuatha de Dannnan, that means from the Irish mythology “The People of the God Danna”. He makes mainly free hand pipes that are decorated by different materials such as silver and wide range of wood, for example oak, briar, olive, amboyna, macasar. Most of the pipes are made from the best briar of the highest quality. Every pipe of the workshop from Mr. Doubek is unique original.
The examination of the Doubek pipes are divided according to the stamped points on the trunk.
One point is the lowest quality and six points are the best quality with perfectly looking briar.
The pipes are marked by the silver escutcheon with the Celtic cross in the middle.
 
 
 •Contact: Celtic Tobacco s.r.o.
• Tovarni 20
• Trest 589 01
• Czech Republic
• e-mail: celtic-tobacco@seznam.cz
Centers of pipe production in Germany

A closer look reveals that the production of pipes had accumulated in certain regions of Germany. There may be several reasons for this: the availability of raw materials, the presence of skilled workers or simply a certain tradition that has led to the craft being passed on from father to son.
== Kannenbäckerland / Westerwald ==
* Hilgert
** Lothar Hein
** Johannes Radermacher (1745-1802)http://helene-bonn.info/AK/h12.htm#Art
** Wilhelm Albrecht Simonis
** Jens Steuler
** Rainer Steuler
* Höhr
** J. W. & C.
** Müllenbach & Thewald
* Vallendar
** Müllenbach & Thewald (subsidiary)
** Norbert Gerharz
== Lower Rhine (Niederrhein) ==
* Rees
** Dobbelmann
** Eyland
** Oldenkott
== Westphalia (Westfalen) ==
* Bünde
** Reiner Klein
** Otto Pollner
** Rüdiger Lutz Will
== Thuringian Forest (Thüringer Wald) ==
* Ruhla
** Donat Thiel
* Schweina (part of Bad Liebenstein)
** Albert Iffert & Co. (1929) (Albico)
** August R. Kühn K.-G. (ARK)
** August Reich & Söhne (1846)
** C.S. Reich (1887)
** Franz Schreinert & Co.
** VEB Pfeifen und Holzerzeugnisse Bad Liebenstein (1952) (Howal)
** VEB Raucherbedarf Schweina
** VEB Thura Pfeifenfabrik
== Ulm ==
** Johann Jakob Glöckle
== References ==
Category: Germany
Century Old

It's possible this pipe was made by Lorenzo, which marked some of their pipes Century Old Briar, although the script here is different. This pipe has a similar rustication to the Lloyds Canadian example seen bellow it.
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Cerrato

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Category: Pipe makers by nationalityCategory: Italy
Cesare

"Cesare" is a second brand produced by Cesare Barontini of Livorno / Italy. Cesare Barontini headed the company from 1955 on.
Another Barontini 2nd is named "Aldo Velani". The name is fiction.
Cesare Barontini Pipes are still relatively unknown and under appreciated here in the United States. They do however offer a value rarely matched by some of their more recognized Italian counterparts. Barontini makes very fine pipes, particularly his premium lines. They offer a fine smoking experience at quite a bargain.
There are a few brands of Italian pipes on the U.S. market that are hardly known in Italy, as they are made in factories dedicated to the export trade. Aldo Velani is a line imported from Italy by Lane Limited, Dunhill's distributor. Made mostly in Livorno by Cesare Barontini, one of the best known private-label manufacturers, Aldo Velani pipes are classic shapes with an Italian 'twist,' according to Frank Blews, a spokesman for Lane. "Billiards with more 'ball,' bulldogs with more 'jaw,"' is the way he characterizes the line. A medium to large pipe specifically developed for American tastes, the finishes use the names of Italian wines - Soave, Novello, Barolo, Refosco - to suggest their colors, and there is a lot of ornamental work.
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Contact Information:
 Website: Cesare Barontini (B.B.srl)
Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: Italy
Champ of Denmark

"Champ of Denmark" were made for and distributed by Larsen & Stigart by Karl Erik Ottendahl. Larsen & Stigart had some indoor carvers at certain times, too (e.g. Søren Eric Andersen) and among other things they managed to supply Dunhill with wild danish fancy pipes.
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Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: Denmark
Channber

Channber Briar Pipe or CBP.
== Gallery ==
File:CBP Westminster01.jpg|CBP Westminster example and nomenclature, courtesy Doug Valitchka
File:CBP Westminster07.jpg|CBP Westminster example and nomenclature, courtesy Doug Valitchka
File:CBPAntique1.jpg|CBP Antique, courtesy Doug Valitchka
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Category:Pipe makers by nationality
Category:Great Britain
Chapuis-Comoy

From Pipes, Artisans and Trademarks, by Jose Manuel Lopés'
Chapuis-Comoy is a factory in Saint-Claude, France.
It began with Francois Comoy who, in 1825, was making pipes in boxwood and other types, as well as clay pipes, for the armies of Napoleon. In 1856, the Comoy factory was the first to produce briar bowls at Saint-Claude. In 1870, Francois's grandson, Henri Comoy (1850-1924) was taken prisoner in Switzerland whilst serving in the French army during the Franco-Prussian war, where he found his cousins, the Chapuis. This meeting produced the idea of an association, which only became a reality in 1922, with the creation of Chapuis-Comoy. After Henri's death, his sons Paul and Adrien, took over the company with the support of their cousins, Emile and Louis Chapuis Sr., and in 1928 they created the Chacom brand.
In 1932, due to the economic crisis at Saint-Claude, the factory merged with La Bruyère, adopting that name, and becoming one of the biggest pipe companies in the world, with 450 workers. Louis Chapuis Jr., joined the company in 1938 and Pierre Comoy in 1947. The name Chapuis-Comoy returned in 1957 (125 workers), due to the success of the Chacom brand in France. In 1971, the London factory (see Comoy's) became independent, and Yves Grenard, second cousin to Pierre, took over Saint-Claude, and is still running it. Between 1987 and 2001, the factory, which employed over 40 people, joined the Cuty-Fort Enterprises SA holding and, in 1994, included the Ropp brand in its catalog. 
== Brands ==
* Bayard
* Chacom
== Contact Information ==
 Chapuis-Comoy & Cie Sarl
 4 Rue des Etapes, B.P. 82
 39203 Saint-Claude Cedex
 France
 
 Phone: +33 (0)3 84 45 00 00
 Fax: +33 (0)3 84 45 20 34
 E-mail: chacom@free.fr
 Website: Chacom
 
 Direction: Antoine Grenard
 commercial service, SAV: Sophie Pierolo
 Administration, accounting Delphine Bonavero
 Production: Yves Perrad
Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: France
Charatan Models & Shape Information for the Collector

Note: I received the following information from Doug Valitchka that may be of interest to collectors:
===Charatan Models Lane Era===
DC Stands for Double Comfort Bit / Stem, This is a Step Down Style Stem, it is easily distinguished from a standard Saddle bit, or Fishtail.
===Charatan’s make freehand straight grains===
*Summa Cum Laude
*Crown Achievement
*Royal Achievement
*Achievement
*Coronation
*Supreme 200
*Supreme 150
*Supreme 100
*Supreme S
*Supreme
*Selected XLG
*Selected
*Executive XLG
*Executive
*Distinction XLG
*Distinction
*After Hours
*Free hand Relief
===Charatan’s make “Apprenticeship” standard shape grades===
*Special
*Relief Grain (tan)
*Relief Grain (dark)
*Belvedere
*Perfection
===Charatan Shape Numbers===
*8 Large bulldog / saddle bulldog
*11 bent 1/2 bent billiard
*12 Large billiard
*33 Bell Dublin
*47 Ritz heavy shank pot
*48 Large pot
*58 Newmarket 1/16 bent long shank Dublin
*61 Huntsman horn
*63 Zulu
*72 Burlington 1/4 bent stack
*73 Salisbury pointed heel 1/4 bent apple
*80 Large Dublin
*81 Gilpin Dublin-bowl poker
*83 Cavalier round rim calabash
*84 The Ton barrel bowl poker
*89 Bent pot diamond shank 1/4 bent pot
*91 Medium Dublin
*101 Diamond billiard / diamond shank billiard
*102 Extra large billiard
*109 Rhodesian 1/4 bent Rhodesian
*122 Apple
*148 Outsize pot
*211 Outsize bent 1/2 bent billiard
*402 Outsize lumberman / Canadian
*420 Outsize billiard / heavy shank billiard
*502 Prince prince
*651 Banker diplomat
*652 Panel billiard
*654 Skater skater
*655 Pot royal pot
*0104 Medium lumberman / Canadian
*0120 Large lumberman / Canadian
Category:Pipe makers by nationality
Category:Great Britain
Category:Charatan
Charing Cross

G. Smith & Sons was a tobacconist located at 74 Charing Cross Road from 1869, when they opened as the first shop on that famed street, until approsmiately 2011 when the store went out of business. They sold a house pipe stamped "Charing Cross" along with "London Made", "Made in England", and a shape number.
Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: Great Britain
Charles Fairmorn

There were several related companies in Germany, the United States, and the Dominican Republic that went by the name Charles Fairmorn.
== Charles Fairmorn Handels GmbH / Charles Fairmorn International GmbH ==
The German company Charles Fairmorn was a Hanseatic consortium whose roots are said to go back to an old Lübeck tobacco import company. His business field was the import and distribution of tobacco, cigars and pipes. A few years ago the Danish pipe maker Åge Bogelund, in whose hands many of the pipes sold under the name Bari were made, made a small number of freehand pipes for Charles Fairmorn, mainly in straight and flame grain and Light Finish.https://www.falkum.de/pfeifen/pfeifen-nach-marke/charles-fairmorn.html 
This company was first founded in Hamburg in 1978 and moved to Dingelstädt / Thuringia in 1996. In 2005 a sales cooperation for the German market was established with Woermann Cigars GmbH, Rödinghausen. Another move to Lübeck in 2006 was accompanied by a name change to Charles Fairmorn International GmbH. A cooperation partner for the Bari pipe brand was also found in the company AKRA, Langenzenn.https://www.cigar-wiki.com/Charles_Fairmorn
On January 13th, 2015 the previous managing director Pit Nikolaus Brockhausen was replaced by Helga von Eicken and the company was finally merged with Joh. Wilh. von Eicken GmbH, Lübeck on August 16th, 2016.https://www.northdata.de/Charles+Fairmorn+International+GmbH,+L%C3%BCbeck/HRB+6919+HL
== Charles Fairmorn in the US ==
The company in the US was founded in 1972 but closed in the mid-80s. At that time, the consumption of premium cigars in the US fell to approx. 80 million and the pipe business was also falling sharply.
== Charles Fairmorn S.A. ==
In 2000, the establishment of Charles Fairmorn S.A., Santiago in the Dominican Republic, began and production finally started in 2001. Probably only cigars were made here.
== Contact Information ==
 Charles Fairmorn Handels GmbH
 Dingelstädt/Thuringia
 Germany
 Charles Fairmorn International GmbH
 Drechslerstraße 1-3
 23556 Lübeck
 Germany
== References ==
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Chicago Pipe Making Seminar Outline

== Chicagoland Show Pipe Finishing Seminar, Outline ==
Received from J. Rex Poggenpohl, Show Officer in Charge
=== Instructors ===
* Lee Erck, Negaunee, MI (upper), Seminar Founder
* Michael Butera, Houston, TX, Lead Instructor
* Jeff Alan Burt-Gracik, San Diego
* Andy Peterson, Seminar Graduate
* Ernie Markle, Seminar Graduate
* Rex Poggenpohl, Show Officer in Charge
* Hans Hansen, Show Officer, Equipment, Set-up
* Allan Boyd, Show Officer, Equipment, Set-up, Medic
* Mike Gaffney, Medic
* Steve Leaders, Medic
=== Outline ===
Finishing a pre drilled briar block with fitted vulcanite stem (donated by Mimmo Domenico, Italy)
=== Topics for a more comprehensive course ===
* Purpose: provide appreciation for the process of making pipes by hand and teach some basic skills for pipe making.
* Introductions: instructors, students.
* Safety, general ( specific safety will also be mentioned with each demo).
* Theory vs. Demos
* History
=== Function vs. Aesthetics ===
* Pipe mechanics, dimensions: Tobacco burning, tobacco chamber.
** Air hole, steam, condensation.
** Stem/shank mortise, tenon.
* Pipe materials:
** Briar
** Vulcanite, acrylic.
** Shank extensions.
* Pipe design:
** Practicalities
** Classic: French, English.
** Freehand, following grain.
==== Drilling ====
* Drill press vs. lathe
* Before shaping.
* After shaping.
* Tobacco chamber
** Drill bits: spade bits, spoon bits.
* Air hole, mortise.
* Stems
* Tenons
==== Shaping ====
* Disc sander, belt sander, knife carving, filing.
* Sanding: belt sander, hand sanding.
* Sandblasting
* Buffing
==== Finishing ====
* Staining: stains, one color, two tone contrast.
* Finishes
* Bowl coating.
* Nomenclature, stamping.
* Polishing
==== Presentation ==== 
Sleeve, box
See the show flyer on the website: http://www.chicagopipeshow.com/2018-pipe-tobacciana-show-flyer/