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Fritz Weller

Fritz Weller was born in Würzburg in 1930. After the war he was educated as an optician and started to work in his father's business. Later he found an occupation as a sales representative for Oldenkott, at times Germany's biggest pipe and tobacco manufacturer.
The knowledge about pipe fabrication and engineering he gained working for Oldenkott was extremely usefull when he joined his wife who had taken over a specialised pipe and tobacco store in Würzburg. Fritz Weller started with pipe repairs soon but the vocation to be a pipemaker didn't reach him before retirement at the age of 66.
No doubt, Weller's experience won in decades of pipe trading and repairing is an invaluable behoof for his pipe making. Weller pipes bribe by clear shapes and outermost exact manufacturing. Regarding his pipe making rather as a labour of love than a source to increase his old-age pension, a maximum of appr. 15 pipes leaves his workshop per year. Weller spends endless hours on detail work handcrafting his pipes in the true sense of the word.
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He uses briar from Tuscany striving to work out the beauty of the wood's graining. This gets underlined by light, almost natural colored stainings. The finish is executed with a thin cover of shellac and followed by polishing with best wax. Decorating elements like massive gold or silver rings are extremely rarely used. Sometimes he attaches applications made of Cumberland, rose wood or a nickel fitting. 90% of all Weller pipes feature a chamber for 9mm filters. He doesn't use any grading and stamps his pipes with a simple "W". Prices range from (appr.) Euro 250 to 450.
If you ask him about pictures of pipes for sale, he will send you a real letter with real photos in it-- just the charming old school!
 Fritz Weller
 Judenbühlweg 25
 97080 Würzburg
 Germany
 Phone: +49 (0)931 - 76551
 Sole trader: Pfeifen-Behrend
Deutsche Version siehe Fritz Weller.de
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Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: Germany
Fromm

Colin Fromm is an artisan pipemaker from Chatham, Kent who began making pipes with the Invicta Briars brand in 1974, established with Colin Leeson's purchase of a long-standing pipe repair business. Fromm soon after concentrated on the Castleford brand, however. In 2002, when J. B. Russell, Inc., who had purchased the Charatan name from Dunhill in 1988, went out of business, that name was re-purchased by Dunhill, who brought Colin Fromm on board to manage the production of the line. Leeson and Fromm had already been producing freehand pipes for Dunhill in Chatham, and so the choice to make Colin Fromm General Manager of Production was obvious.
Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: Great Britain
Fuerst

Bernard William “Bill” Fuerst was born September 1, 1923, in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, the son of William and Beulah (Koenig) Fuerst.
He married Lorene Senne on August 6, 1946, at Greene, Iowa and ended his career as a Marketing Manager for Illinois Bell.
Bill was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII, earning the rank of First Lieutenant and serving in the Signal Corp throughout the Pacific theatre.
He lived in Mountain Home since 1980, moving from Villa Park, Illinois.
Bill was a volunteer for Hospice of the Ozarks for over 20 years, also volunteering for the American Cancer Society.
He was a master woodcarver, who loved to fly fish and golf. Bill was an Eagle Scout and a longtime Scoutmaster of Troop 62 in Villa Park, Illinois.
He passed away April 17, 2016, in Mountain Home, Arkansas at the age of 92.
== B.W. Fuerst Hand Carved Pipes ==
According to his son Bob, he made pipes for the Cellini pipe company.
Not much more is known about the years producing pipes, or the pipes made for Cellini Pipe Company.
The following pipes have been dated from 1979 to the late 1980s.
I’m very grateful to Bill’s Son Bob who provided additional information and his generosity in purchasing Mr. Fuerst’s pipes.
Following photo credits are to Bob.
I will add additional photos and detailed photos as time permits.
== Gallery ==
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Category:Pipe makers by nationality
Category:United States
Fuhr

Don Fuhr is a retired Police Major who now does contract work training SWAT and Anti-Terrorist personnel overseas. At the age of 43, with 21 years of service, Don discovered moderate pipe smoking as a method of stress relief after taking a few days off to fish and unwind. The local streams became flooded after some heavy rains sending Don to a local fly fishing outfitter to tie some flies. While he was tying, a fellow angler sat down to visit and lit up his pipe. Always having enjoyed the smell of a burning pipe, Don discovered that the stress he had grown accustomed to drifted away along with the tendrils of smoke from the fellow angler's pipe. He left the outfitters store, walked down the mall to Just For Him, and purchased his first pipe.
Although given fair warning that while pipe smoking was not addicting, pipe collecting was, Don quickly began to develop an appreciation for the craftsmanship of fine pipes. With a background in design and graphic arts, Don began his journey into the design and manufacture of fine smoking instruments. Between contract assignments, Don crafts quality pipes as a hobby from his home near Springfield, Missouri. Don typically has a busy schedule, thus he cannot dedicate as much of his time as he would like to crafting pipes. One thing is for certain, Don's pipe crafting skills are second to none and his pipes often become favorites of their lucky owners.
Don Fuhr's freehands range from $150 - $300.
Don can be contacted at: dfuhr.ata@hotmail.com
Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: United States
G.V.G.

G.V.G stands for Georges Vincent Genod, who was the Grand Father of Jacques Craen,the maker of the Genod Pipe for many, many years. The GVG stamp ensures that that stummel is quite old as that stamp was changed when Jacques started making the pipes, likely circa 1960's. Jacques Craen, the original family owner of Genod pipes, found a number of these G.V.G marked stummels years ago in the "sub-basement" of the Genod factory, what a story that was! These were pre and turn of the century bowls (stummels) that he came upon and which were forgotten about from that time. courtesy pipesmagazine.com thread
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Category:Pipe makers by nationality
Category:France
G. Batson Pipes

Grant Batson was born in 1975 in Texas and moved to Nashville in 1993. Working with his hands is in his nature, you could say. At the age of fifteen he and his father built his first guitar, sparking an interest which eventually led to the founding of the Batson Guitar Company along with his brother. A pipe smoker since he was nineteen, the desire to begin crafting briar saw Grant turning over the guitar company to his brother, after which he studied under Todd Johnson and Teddy Knudsen, and is now an established part of the Nashville pipemaking scene.
As one would expect, his work speaks for itself. Never being able to settle for a substandard product coming from his workshop (indeed, guitars demand perfection), some of those skills, along with the ones learned within a workshop, made their way into the hand-held sculptures from briar and other materials. His pipes are beautifully designed and constructed from briar, bamboo, and stem materials of vulcanite rods or colorful materials (Bakelite or celluloid), with Delrin tenons. Courtesy, SmokingPipes.com
You might also enjoy listening to Brian Levine's interview with Grant on the Pipes Magazine Radio Show
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Contact Information:
 Website: http://www.gbatsonpipes.com/
 E-mail: gb@gbatsonpipes.com
 Telephone: 615.427.2348
Category: Pipe makers by nationalityCategory: United States
GBD Meerschaum 2640

The following GBD Meerschaum Cutty has the number 2640 on the case, along with illegible words underneath.
Inside it is stamped G.B.D Fts A Paris.
The pipe is 7 5/8" Long, 2 7/8" Tall, 13/16" Chamber Width, 1 5/8" Chamber Depth and weighs 41g.
The gentleman who has it believes it to be from the 1800s, somewhere between 1850 and 1890.
We have added the shape as 2640 to the GBD shapes list, but it is unclear if this was intended to be a shape number, or some other identification.
 
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Category:GBD
GB Pipes

George Boyadjiev
It seems it is time now to write down some things about me in English, so that others will be able to read it. I have started the reconstruction of my website http://www.gbpipes.com, hopefully it will be totally refurbished and available in English soon.
I’ve been a pipe smoker and pipe enthusiast from the moment I started smoking at the age of about 16. Some five or six years ago I realized that there are many sources on the Internet for discussions, pipe purchase, etc. and pipemaking sparked my interest, so I purchased my first pre-bored pipemaking kit from Mark Tinsky (American Smoking Pipe Co.) and started to dig and chip it day after day. Two – three weeks later with all my fingers still available, after I had changed the original stem with one from my old pipe’s stem, I’d created my first straight ‘billiard’, with tapered stem, having cracked a bowl, but smokable. This was the start of my passion for briar and the pipemaking craft.
I purchased another pre-bored block, and another, and books and tools from many internet sources and started to make my own tools. The great source which helps me to start was pipemakersforum.com. All this crafting was and is my relaxing and concentration time, also, my way for art expression.
The second stage of my pipemaking efforts was organizing my workshop and determining my method of working. I can hardly say that my method is to shape before drilling. How I have reached this? Well, I have read many articles about the differences, the positive aspects and about the negatives but my decision was founded on the simple fact that at this time there was not a lathe big enough for the job. Therefore, I have started from the other end – shaping first. Now, it seems, this is my method. The workshop organization was harder than expected and the process continues. However, now I have small workshop, many handmade tools and devices, small lathe, sanders, buffer, collecting materials (I have waited for my first real big briar supply for one year). 
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Contacts:
 Email: mailto:george@gbpipes.com
 Homepage: GB Pipes
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Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: Bulgaria
GM Pipes

I have been creating my art for over 35 years and specialize in 3 piece pipes. I have experimented with many different types of wood for the last 20 years and my goal is to make the cleanest and driest smoking pipes available. This year I am working on my two piece 2009 GM Signature Series pipes. They are going great and have had positive reviews. Please view my site and send your comments. I will be happy to hear what you have to say.
Thanks, Gregg (GM Pipes)
The pipes shown here are examples of the 2009 GM Signature Series done in Bocote wood. This is the first year all of my pipes will have the hand carved "GM" logo on the bottom of the bowl. It adds a personal touch to the pipes without interrupting the flow of the design. I work with many hardwoods that will take the heat and break in properly. All hardwoods have been investigated thoroughly for possible toxicity and tested for smokeability (by me) before they are used for my art. Thanks for looking and happy puffing! 
Update: A new GM Pipes website has not yet been built and the old site has been nuked. Sorry for the inconvenience. 
 E-mail mailto:gmbloom14@yahoo.com
Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: United States
GOC

GOC stands for Gros, Grenier, Ostero & Cie., an obsolete brand from Saint-Claude. A GOC sub-brand / second was named Prior.
http://www.pipephil.eu/logos/en/logo-g4.html#goc
http://www.pipephil.eu/logos/en/logo-p5.html#prior
The name "Gros" also appears in context with a privity named Vincent-Genod, Duparchy & Gros, who bought Comoy-David - Fabrique des Pipes - in 1923.
Just one year later the name was Vincent-Genod & Gros Frères. See Genod.
So, more than likely Gros, Grenier, Ostero & Cie. weren't pipemakers but rather wholesalers and perhaps financiers in the pipe and tobacco branch, who had pipes made as private label orders.
== References ==
Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: France
GRC Pipes

From Pipes, Artisans and Trademarks, by José Manuel Lopes
GRC is the brand of Darius Erch Christian. Darius began pipe making as a hobby in 1999, when he bought a pipe kit from PIMO. He became a small producer after some teaching from colleagues, such as Trever Talbert and J.M. Boswell.
He works alone and makes classic ahpes in the Danish style with vulcanite, cumberland, and acrylic stems. For him, his model are pipes by artisan Per Hansen (see S. Bang), a pipe "has to be simple and technically well made". 
Grading is descendeing: froam A to G, with the last two letters corresponding to seconds. Stamp: GRC + year + G. Cristian (manuscript, and without the "h") + grade (in a circle) + size (from 1 to 6).
The pipemaker's full name is Darius Eruch Dah. The business is dedicated to his wife Grace Rachel Christian. Hence the trade name GRC Pipes.
Editors note: I believe Darius has now retired from making pipes. --sethile (talk) 14:53, 17 June 2015 (CDT)
Contact Information:
 This is likely not current.
 Email: grcpipes@sbcglobal.net
 Homepage: GRC Pipes
Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: United States
Gabos Pipes

From Pipes, Artisans and Trademarks, by Jose Manuel Lopés'
Costin Gabos (b. 1971), from Transylvania, is a graduate from the Faculty of Wood Industry, Brasov University. He began making pipes in 2004, and makes freehands.
Besides briar he frequently uses other woods like apple, wild cherry, morello cherry or old oak wood.
From the Gabos Pipes website:
I was born in 1971. I live in Miercurea Ciuc, a small town in Transylvania, in the land of the Szeklers, just beneath the Harghita mountains. Here, where the conifer woods, the blooming fields and the crystal clear rivers create a dreamlike setting, the art of wood carving has its origins. Ever since I was a child, I have always been fascinated by the style and the ornamental richness with which, in these lands, the wood creations are imbued with.
From an early age I have felt a special sensibility towards beauty; an irresistible attraction to contemplate and absorb with all my senses the vibrations transmitted by art in all of its forms.
I have graduated from the Faculty of Wood Industry of the "Transylvania" University in Brasov, as did both my parents. Here I have perfected my knowledge in the field and have become licensed in interior and furniture design and technology. My favorite classes were those of design, styles and ornaments and furniture architecture.
My passion for pipes came as a revelation. I needed something to put my creative energy in. My hands and my imagination were in need of something in which I could best use my knowledge and skills. And that is when the Pipe entered my life. A relatively small object but one that can enclose in itself so much passion, technology and architecture. A work of art that enchants your eye, caresses your palms and delights you with the scent of burning tobacco, bringing peace and tranquility to the soul.
I hope that from now on I can delight you with my pipes which, I promise, will always be made with the greatest attention and passion and will bear in them a part of my soul.
New references for this pipe maker (Romanian language): Gabos Pipes, Forum Pipa Club Bucuresti
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Contact Information:
 Website: http://gabospipes.ro
 E-mail: contact@gabospipes.ro
Category: Pipe makers by nationalityCategory: Romania
Gabrieli Pipes

Gabrieli Pipes
Dan Chlebove about himself:
"Growing up, my father being a carpenter/cabinet maker, it was hard not to be involved in wood working in one way or another. My fathers' love of his craft and wood, would be instilled in me over the years. For almost thirty years I made my living as a white table Chef, the whole time being a pipesmoker as well. Never being far from carpentry and furniture restoration.
While my wife was pregnant with Gabriel (yes, the brand is so named for him) I thought I'd like to try pipe making. Those first blocks procured from Pimo and Mark Tinsky. I also purchased stems and modified them. In 2000 I entered a P&T amateur pipe making contest. I was plesently surprised to have two pipes pictured as honorable mentions. Encouraged by the results and Chuck Stanion, I dove in head first, researching everything I could about pipemaking, through other pipemakers and the internet. In 2002 P&T contest pictured five of my six enteries. The rest is history. With the favorable reception this past year to my pipes by the international community, in ebay auctions handled by "coopersark", I've embarked on my own site.
Today I produce 60 or less pipes a year, all one of a kind. Using only the best plateau I can obtain from Italy, Corsica, and occasionally Algerian, I use rasp and wheel to shape my pipes, they are not turned. Stems are made of high quality German ebonite and brindle. I'll use by request or ocasioally high end Italian acrylic. They are taper drilled to maitain a consistant diameter from the shank airway. Stem slot is hand cut and trumpeted to provide a cool smoking and unrestricted airway. All Gabrieli Pipes are provided with a precision mounted tenon of delrin. A lot of passion, TLC, and the finest materials, matched with exacting tollerances produce Gabrieli Pipes."
 
 Dan Chlebove
 1585 Valley Rd
 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18018
 USA
 
 Phone: 610 866 5519
 E-mail: dnmkove@enter.net
 Website: www.gabrielipipes.com
Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: United States
Gajin

Gajin Hayafune
I became captivated by the profound charm of handmade pipes, and it has been more than 40 years since I started making pipes. During that time, I started interacting with the late Jørn Micke and Lars Ivarsson, and many wonderful seniors. I am blessed with wonderful friends from various professions, and I am still deepening my friendship.
There are many types of smoking pipes and they are deep, and there are handmade pipes (fancy type) with attractive free shape as opposed to the traditional European type. The European type is basically machine-made, and the number of well-grained pipes is small, making it a very valuable item. Especially, dunhill silky grain smooth-finished pipes and sandblasted ring-grained pipes. Is very valuable and attractive. On the other hand, handmade pipes are made by the artist freely using the grain of wood, and there is a wide variety of pipes, from attractive pipes that fit well in the hand to unique pipes, with beautiful wood grain and nice designs. I'm out. The pipes I make are not bound by European type or fancy type, and the theme is to make pipes that you can feel attached to as a smoking tool, with a reliable structure and careful finishing, and visually reasonable. Based on the concept of making pipes, we are currently producing 30 to 40 pipes a year.
By the way, the quality of pipes depends on the quality of the pipes. In the past, many good quality Corsica heathers were imported, but now they are difficult to obtain and very valuable. Fortunately, I bought a lot of good quality Corsica heathers about 30 years ago, and now I have a little stock, but someday it will run out of stock. Fortunately, we have been importing and producing only the best briar of special quality from the raw wood of Mimo, which is used by famous pipe writers in the world, since around 2005, but the material is wonderful and motivated to produce.
Also, I am particular about the ebonite used for the mouthpiece, and I think that the ebonite of the New York hamburger that I have been using for a long time is the best. The beautiful black luster that ebonite reacts to when carefully finished, and the feel when holding the mouthpiece are very wonderful, and even if you use it for a long time, the luster is rarely lost, so I think it is the best ebonite. I will. However, if ebonite is left in the light of ultraviolet rays or fluorescent lamps for a long period of time, the surface will deteriorate due to sulfurization, and it will lose its luster and discolor. After use, wipe the mouthpiece well and put it in the pipe pouch. We recommend that you keep it.Automatic translation of http://www.hayafune.tokyo/gajin/info/index.html.
== Contact Information ==
 http://www.lsando.com/pipes/e/gajin.html (dead link)
 http://www.hayafune.tokyo/gajin/index.html
== References ==
Category:Pipe makers by nationality
Category:Japan
Galehouse

Joseph Galehouse is a pipemaker in Wooster, Ohio.
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Contact Information:
 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jagpilot01/
 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008193969026 
Category:Pipe makers by nationality
Category:United States
Gallaher

Gallaher was founded by Tom Gallaher, who in 1857 started his own business in Londonderry, making and selling pipe tobaccos. Within sixteen years, he had prospered enough to move to larger premises in Belfast. Toward the end of the 1870s, Tom Gallaher crossed the Atlantic for the first time in order to personally supervise the buying of his company’s tobacco leaves. He visited Kentucky, North Carolina, Virginia, and Missouri, and following his first trip the expedition became an annual event. Gallaher rose to become a notable figure in trade on both sides of the Atlantic.
The following pipe, marked J Gallaher was apparently made by Comoy's, as indicated by the style of the Made in England stamp.
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Category:Pipe makers by nationalityCategory:Great Britain