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Souers, Denny

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Category: United States
Denny Souers Pipes 
Mainly Danish style, high-quality, hand-carved freehand pipes with a wide variety of stem types, but mainly acrylic. Insignia is DCS, carved (not stamped) on the bottom of the shank. You can find a few on eBay, in the $100-$800 range, mainly.
From one of his eBay pages: 
"I have been creating hand-carved Grecian briar pipes for 40 years. I hand-carve unique pipes that impress the eye, please the touch and satisfy the pipe smoker’s need for a one-of-a-kind experience. I [carve] EACH pipe with my insignia, DCS, which has met a serious standard of pipe-making.
I start with plateaux blocks of Grecian briar paying careful attention to the wood grain. I turn the tough burl blocks into individually crafted works of art in a variety of styles, from the dramatic freehand to the classics. I am constantly feeling the comfort level and ease of handling. I Keep the pipes light weight, 2 oz., so they are always comfortable.
Important design features include tobacco holes cut in a distinctive teardrop shape to allow a better draw, and bowl walls which measure greater than a quarter-inch to maximize a cool smoke.
All my pipes are finished with carnauba wax which allows the bowl to breathe while protecting the wood from oils and impurities. The bowls are not pre-carboned so you can judge the fine unfinished wood grain for yourself."
From various defunct newsgroup archives, some info on Denny Souers:
Ben R. 16 years ago
Lion Crest sold a lot of pipes that Denny Souers made. Assuming the
pipe you got is in good shape, you got a good deal. Denny Souers pipes
were never cheap. 
Biervergnugen 16 years ago
Denny and his wife make a yearly appearance here in Louisville, KY each year
during our St. James Art Fair. He works from his home in Ohio (Columbus,
maybe?) producing some very unique pieces. I know two lads who have
accumulated 7-day sets of his work! One of these pieces was specially made
for my friend (who is of a rather substantial stature) by Denny after coming
across an especially large piece of briar which yielded what we lovingly
refer to as the Driftwood-special. A definite one-of-a-kind!
r***@aol.com 16 years ago
Denny has made some great smoking instruments. I have two. He has a
flair for artisan style pipes as well as Danish. He is also a regular
at the annual juried Louisville Arts & Craft Show. He seems to spend
most of his time in Florida these days. After Lioncrest left their
site I haven't seen much of his work, except occasionaly on Ebay.
Enjoy you pipe, it was an excellent purchase.
To see a wide variety of his pipes, go to web.archive.org and look up www.lioncrest.com and go back to 2003, then the Denny Souers link.
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Sparky’s Pipes

Sparky's Pipes are made by Scott "Sparky" Harris. Scott started smoking pipes in 1989 while serving in the military in South Korea. Like a lot of pipe makers, he started making pipes because he couldn’t afford high quality pipes. Now, he makes pipes that are intricately hand-carved works of art. Courtesy PipesMagazine.com
About SparkysPipes, from the SparkysPipes website:
thumb|Intricately Carved Example, from the [http://sparkyspipes.com/ Sparkyspipes website]thumb|From the [http://sparkyspipes.com/ Sparkyspipes website]I enjoy making hand-carved tobacco pipes for the everyday working man up to the pipe collector.
I tend to carve my pipes with mostly hand tools, carving knives, chisels, rasps and files. I use a professional engraving machine for some of my micro-texturing and a power carver for removing large areas of wood.
My goal is to make as many memories threw the kind people that smoke my pipes.
I make every tobacco pipe for the pipe smoking individual and their needs. We all know that smoking pipes is not only a hobby but a way of life, for the individual that enjoys every moment in life.
Pipes and tobacco are the start, when you add in wood carving to the mix you have a chance to show your personality. Carving wood and smoke pipes are my passion. I hope to bring this to every person that loves pipes and cigars so I may be a part of the memories that is made every time you light up. If you are looking to buy pipes please give my Pipes for sale or my gallery a look.
We all know that people remember us by what we smoke and the pipe we hold, so how do you want to be remembered.
*You may also enjoy listening to Brian Levine's interview of Scott on the The PipesMagazine Radio Show
Contact Information:
 Website: http://sparkyspipes.com/Home_Page.php
 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sparkys.home.3
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Category:United States
Sparta Industries

From Pipes, Artisans and Trademarks, by José Manuel Lopes
Sparta Industries is based in Sparta, NC. It was created in the 1940s by David and Paul Lavietes, and originally called D&P Pipeworks. It began production in 1943 and at the end of the 1950s. From 1943-1946 D&P made the Spartan Pipe from locally sourced rhododendron a.k.a. "mountain laurel". These pipes were very utilitarian and blocky, the bits were made of maple and featured a military mount. Pipes made from rhododendron had to be boiled in a boric acid solution to keep them burning when smoked. Both Rhododendron wood and Boric acid are known to be toxic to humans, though there is no evidence that there were any issues with the Spartan pipes. While some Spartan pipes were sold on the domestic market they were mainly produced to be sent to the war effort in Europe and were often included in C-Rations. Once the European briar shortage ended and shipments to the US began again D&P shifted production to traditional pipes made from real briar. Dr. Grabow took it over, at the end of the 1970s Sparta became one of the biggest pipe makers in the USA, and the Dr. Grabow brand was the number one in sales in the country. Today it makes various brands, producing over a million pipes a year, perhaps the largest amount from just one factory.
The company was bought in the 1990s by Lane, Ltd., a giant in the North American distribution sector. It produces and represents various brands, such as Aldo Velani, Alpha, Cesare Barontini, and Mastercraft.
A Mountain Laurel Spartan Pipe with a maple stem most likely made in 1944. The "Genuine Briar" stamp was a tenuous claim at best and was dropped from later pipes.
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== Contact Information ==
 Sparta Industries
 1731 US Highway 21 South
 Sparta, NC 28675
 
 Telephone: 910-372-5529
== Offsite Links ==
* Appalacian History, This is not a pipe..., by Dave Tabler
== US Patents ==
* US Patent No2089519
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Category: United States
Speden Pipes

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"My name is Don Speden and I’m from New Zealand but currently residing in Niigata City, Japan. I work as an English teacher and make freehand tobacco pipes in my spare time.
In 1999 I purchased a Tsuge tobacco pipe kit from a local tobacco shop and made my first pipe. It was a deep bowl bent apple and I have enjoyed smoking it ever since.This is the first time my pipes have been displayed on the internet. Because I have a busy full-time job my production is very limited, but coming from an artistic background as a sign writer and landscape painter I’m always thinking up new designs for future pipes and you can be assured that if you purchase a pipe from me it will be a one-of-a-kind.
All my pipes are totally hand made. Because of my limited space at home I purchase briar plateaux from aboard and only use the most basic of tools including a rasp and a small selection of needle files and of course a small coping saw. I feel in today’s society we are losing touch with traditional crafts as machines now make most things we use in our daily life. Therefore I for one like to promote the use of traditional crafts and making my tobacco pipes by hand is my way of doing that.
 
If the finished pipe is not one I would keep for myself then it is not good enough for sale. I hope you enjoy looking at my tobacco pipes and any comments are most welcome."
Contacts:
 Email: mailto:spedenpipes@yahoo.com
 Homepage: Speden Pipes
Category: Pipe makers by nationality
Category: New Zealand
Spence Pipes

Spence Pipes
Taft about himself:
"My name is Taft Spence, and I live in Nashville, Tn. I am a Deputy Sheriff, and make pipe's whenever I can. I have been making pipes for just over a year now, and enjoy it just as much as I do oil painting. When people look at my art work, or my pipe's, I always recieve great reviews of my work. When I tell them that I am legally blind, I usually get the same response."Your kidding."
Well I wish I was kidding, but it's the truth. Now mind you I'm not like totally blind, but enough to make the simple things in life alot harder. Alot of the pipe making process takes me longer than normal, but I'm used to it. I hope you enjoy my site. I will be adding things as I grow as a Pipe Maker, so visit often. Thanks and God Bless."
 Taft Spence
 Nashville, TN
 USA
 
 E-mail: tspencepipes@yahoo.com
 Website: Spence Pipes
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Sportsman

As you might expect a name like Sportsman has been used by several different pipe makers over the years. See also Tanganyika Meerschaum Corporation, and the associated Amboseli company.
The Sportsman pipe here predates those made in Tanzania and Turkey, and is by John Hudson Moore, a company from the 1940’s as seen in an ad from 1947 showing their unique paneled rustic and smooth finishes. 
“Sportsman, Champion of Pipes” Ad states: “Looks good to the eye, look again. Notice how the bruyeres natural burl areas complement those smooth, polished planes. Sportsman smokes as sweet as it looks.” Pictured is 3 sportsman pipes and bird dog pointing bird. He had a line of toiletries in the 1940’s and the pipes seem a part of a larger product line for the sportsman of the day.
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St James

St James is a Comoy's second. The following pipe is also stamped SUTLIFF San Francisco. Sutliff was an early San Francisco tobacconist, established in 1849, and later became Sutliff Tobacco Co..
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Category:Pipe makers by nationality
Category:Great Britain
Category:Comoy's
Staining

The basis for the following article was written by Tyler Lane for his website, and is used by permission.
Staining is an area of pipe making that has a lot of opportunity for experimentation and creativity. Developing a new process for staining pipes can be one's trademark look in the pipe world. Tom Eltang is a perfect example of this with his famous and beautiful Golden Contrast stain.
Typically, staining of pipes is done with alcohol soluble aniline dyes. These come in powder form, and one can mix the powder with denatured alcohol to the desired concentration of color. These dyes come in myriad colors, and these colors are easily mixed to form others.
Other types of stains are used, from chemical stains to seaweed stains, and each pipe maker needs to find his own way through the choices. I will, for the sake of simplicity, describe the process of staining using aniline dyes like those easily available from Pimo.
The sanding process needs to be completed before staining, otherwise the stain will be removed by the sanding.
 1. Apply the stain to the stummel using a rag, small brush, or a pipe cleaner
 2. Allow the stain to dry -- the can be accelerated by lighting the stummel on fire. Since the 
 stain is alcohol based, it will burn and quickly extinguish when the alcohol is consumed. 
 This typically leaves the pipe with a very slight greenish tint that buffs away
 3. Re-apply stain to darken, or apply a different color to adjust the color.
 4. Repeat steps 1-3 until satisfied with the color
NOTE: When you buff the pipe, MUCH of the stain will be removed. Learning to judge the color the pipe will be after buffing is an art unto itself. Multiple coats, allowing the pipe to sit, and applying heat are all methods I have used to attempt to increase the affect of the stain. Honestly, I am not sure what is most effective as I am experimenting with something new all the time.
Another way to affect color is to do contrast stains. Typically this is done by staining the pipe a dark color, then sanding the pipe again until the dark color only remains in the grain of the pipe. It is convenient that the most absorbent part of the wood is the grain, as this will really highlight a beautifully grained pipe. Once sanded, the pipe can be restained a lighter color.
Statesman

Statesman is a sub-branding of Comoy's, starting early in production, likely 1930s through the 1980s.
Original stamping is Statesman in a script style over MADE IN ENGLAND, and on right model number only, later added MADE IN LONDON (in circle over) ENGLAND.
Logo is a horizontal red bar inset in left side of the stem. They appear to be a better quality offering, with nice grain and typically no fills.
== Gallery ==
Image:Statesman01.jpg|Shape 66 example, courtesy Doug Valitchka
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Category:Great Britain
Category:Comoy's
Stefanou Pipex

Stefanou Pipex
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G.STEFANOU and SONS
 
Our family buissnes which is based close to the Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus (2km away) manufactures pipes of the high quality for 36 years now.
The father George Stefanou learnt all the secrets of this job in Brigham M.F.G. factory in Canada. When he immigrated he worked there, in all levels of the assembly line from 1968 until 1980.
He moves back to Greece in 1981, buikts ghis own buissnes and he eventually teaches his two sons, Alexander and Stavros, all the secrets of his job. They continue along with tha father to maintain and expand this tradition wiyh special care and patience until toady.
The main characteristics of these pipes are the best materials, the excellent quality and the reasonable prices.
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They look for the best naturral wood in the forest of Arta, Olympia and Evia. This wood goes throughh ifferent procedures to end up having a handmade final touch wich is done with exrtreme care so as each product to be unique piece of art with an excellent appearance and of the highest quality.
Espite all the knowledge these people have, concerning the secrets of hand made manufactured pipes, the family buissness is constantly experimenting not only in the development of the existing PIPES but also in the creation of new ones aiming primarily at the highest possible pleasure for the smoker.
You will find these PIPES in the best shops with similar PIPES in Greece and in all over the world. You can also visit our factory and purchase your pipes there, as many visitors do every day.
 Stefanou Pipex Briar Pipes
 Agiou Georgiou 5
 Lygourio Epidavros, 21052
 Greece
 Phone: +302753022477
 Fax: +302753023044
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Steinhart

(Story told by Mark Tinsky)
Jack H. Weinberger's brand JHW Pipes developed well, and so Weinberger also hired his nephew Vic Steinhart who lived in the adjoining house. Vic, obviously highly talented, created excellent freehands after a remarkable short while.
He also brought along a number of friends and thus the workshop became a meeting place of further Highschool boys, among them a certain Mitch Kaufman, who was an excellent basket ball player - the star of Caldwell High in 1971. Kaufman didn't care about pipemaking particularly and less about working generally. He just used to hang around, but he attentively watched Steinhart's efforts and achievements.
Kaufman succeeded to persuade Steinhart to start a pipe workshop on their own after graduation from Highschool. He even managed to estrange Weinberger's polisher. The young entrepreneurs called their company SK Pipes and resided in a rented house in the neighbourhood of JHW's. Mark Tinsky really doubts that Kaufman put his hands on one single pipe! Now, this strange venture didn't last for a very long time.
After this overwhelming success Steinhart started his own brand Briar Originals (BOI). But in spite of successful appearances at the RTDA shows BOI remained an episode lasting a few years. About 400 - 500 pipes turned out. Steinhart married at an early age, quit pipemaking and assumed a safer job in a timber store.
Curt Rollar and Mark Tinsky finished the last BOI pipes and with the money raised from selling them they paid for Steinhart`s inventory. This was the start of The American Pipe Company.
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Stem Work

From Creating, Briar, by Trever Talbert, from his website, and used by permission.
== Stem Work ==
I let the freshly-drilled stummel sit for awhile before turning a tenon to fit. This period is normally at least a week and usually more, depending on the initial age of the briar. During this time, the mortise will change size slightly due to exposure to existing humidity and temperature conditions. I let this happen indoors, so that the environment will best match what the pipe is likely to end up in.
I mount the stem on the lathe to turn the tenon. I use a self-centering chuck for easy setup, and I can quickly get either rod stock or a molded stem turning true. Once it's mounted, I do one of two things - either turn a tenon from the material of the stem itself, or drill and level the end so that an internal tenon of Delrin can be installed. I also do any required stem shaping now.
Here I am using a traditional wood-turning blade to cut and shape a vulcanite rod as it spins. You can also see the drill bit used to make the hole for the Delrin tenon.
If I'm turning a traditional tenon, I also do that while the stem is mounted, using the metal lathe's cutting tool. More commonly however, I prefer the performance gained by using an insertable Delrin tenon instead. Delrin is tougher and more resilient than either vulcanite or acrylic, and it has better surface lubricity which allows for a smoother, squeak-free fit (my biggest dislike in acrylic stems is the nails-on-chalkboard chirping sound of inserting the tenon). I simply drill and cut lengths of Delrin for each tenon and permanently fix them into the drilled stem rod.
Here you see a Delrin rod mounted in the lathe, ready to be drilled and sliced off to become a tenon fitting.
The next step is to shape the stem. It must be transformed from a thick rod into something approaching its final shape. Below you can see a pair of stems in the process of being shaped. I use sanding drums and some customized open-center sanding wheels for this process. The stems can be shaped fairly close to their final appearance, but the most exacting work must be done with files by hand.
Here are two stems being prepared for the 1999 Yule pipes. Both have Delrin tenons already inserted. The upper rod has yet to be touched, while the lower has been shaped close to its final form. The small drill bit you see protruding from the lower stem's bit is a handy guide that I use to avoid shaping too close to the airhole.
The final step in the process is the longest and most painstaking. The rough-shaped stems must be hand-filed to their precise final design, then sanded by hand until they are smooth enough to be polished. Getting the shape of the bit that I prefer it is a protracted process, and the whole experience is a trial in nitpickiness.
Here you see the tools used in finishing a handcut stem - files and sandpaper. You can also see a full transition in stem creation, starting with the rod section on the far right. Next over is a rough-shaped stem, then a stem which has been fully filed and shaped but still needs sanding and polishing. On the left is the finished, bent, stem.
Steve Liskey

Steve Liskey is a talented young artisan working out of San Bernadino, California. Being mentored by Jeff Gracik, amongst others, has really forced him to "get things right" from the very beginning. What makes Steve stand out from the seemingly endless sea of new pipe makers that have been emerging in the last several years is his natural artistic talent. In addition to showing a mastery in the standard aspects of artisan pipe like stem work, fit, finish, and engineering, Steve brings his own aesthetic voice to his compositions. This is most evident with his bamboo work. Unlike most artisans who select a piece of bamboo to complement a shape, Steve selects the bamboo first and designs the bowl around it. The results are refreshingly unique in addition to being executed at a quality that far exceeds the price point. It is quite obvious from even his early work that Steve Liskey is an artisan who is here to stay, and we look forward to watching his promising career unfold before us. Courtesy, Qualitybriar.com
You might also enjoy listening to Brian Levine's interview with Steve on the Pipes Magazine Radio Show
Contact Information:
 Website: http://www.steveliskeypipes.com/ 
 MAIL:
 Steve Liskey
 2313 3rd Ave
 San Bernardino, Ca 92407 USA
 
 PHONE:(909) 556-5694 (between 9am-9pm pacific standard time)
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Steven Johnson

Steven Johnson made his first pipe at the age of 9, as a friend had accidently dropped his pipe in a stream while fishing. This is according to an article in the Boca Raton News on May 16, 1982. It says further that by the age of 20 he had become a master pipe maker. He worked as the manager of the E. Wilke pipe shop, since 1977 was located in a large department store called John Wanamakers in Philadelphia. For his own pipes he's reported to have produced 3 pipes a day, 6 days a week. His pipes are rare to find and are marked S. JOHNSON.
Richard Esserman, in an article entitled "Pipe Travels", wrote of meeting Steve Johnson in 1978 at Wanamaker's. At the time Johnson made pipes for Wilke's in a small room right in the middle of the department store. The two became friends, and Esserman comments on one pipe going to the Wilke shop in New York City with an asking price of $500.00, a substantial sum in those days for any pipe.
In "Trial By Fire", an article in Pipes and Tobaccos magazine by William Serad and Tad Gage, Mr. Serad speaks of Steve Johnson working as the manager of the satellite store in Philadelphia in the early 1970's, and again offers great compliments to Mr. Johnson's work.
Mr. Johnson is believed to have moved on from the Philadelphia Wilke's shop to working for Zino Davidoff.
Markings: No. 1 BROAD STREET, (J.W), MADE IN ENGLAND (round stamping) made in the 1930's-40's timeframe reportedly by Comoy's for the tobacco shop in the John Wanamaker department store in Philadelphia, located at No. 1 BROAD STREET. It's stamped with the (J.W) logo and the early 1930's-40's circular MADE IN ENGLAND country of manufacture stamping. Here's some info on the stamping from Trademark history:
J.W. On Tuesday, April 18, 1933, a U.S. federal trademark registration was filed for NO. 1 BROAD STREET by JOHN WANAMAKER PHILADELPHIA, PHILADELPHIA. The USPTO has given the NO. 1 BROAD STREET trademark serial number of 71336921. Made for them by Comoy's. The NO. 1 BROAD STREET trademark is filed in the category of Rubber Products . The description provided to the USPTO for NO. 1 BROAD STREET is SMOKING TOBACCO.
 
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