Artisan: Volker Bier (born 1968).

Grading (ascending): The letters correspond to the initials of various hard-rock bands

JP "Judas Priest", IR "Iron Maiden", RA "Rammstein", MA "Manowar"

Other stampings: IE "InExtremo" (bamboo shanks), BR "Brings" (Morta pipes), SA (olivewood bowls)

 

Big Bill is a brand of The Briar Pipeworks Ltd., a corporate situated in Marsa (isle of Malta) and established in 1933.

See also: Grandmaster

Artisan: Bill Sargent († in the 1980s) pipemaker, reparman, and tobacco shop owner in Topeka, Kansas.

Artisan: Klaus-Dieter Billerbeck (aka "Bille"). He began to make freehand pipes in 1989 after retiring from his police inspector job.

The number stamped on the shank is increased by one for each new pipe.

#944: Oct 1998.    #999: Nov 1999

▲  Leather covered pipe

See also: The Biltmore

Artisan: K. Bittner

According to Wilczak & Colwell, op. cit. this could be the name of an English Tobacco shop.

▲ Graded pipe

Bjarne Nielsen (1941 - † 2008) distributed his own "Bjarne" brand and pipes carved by Danish pipemakers (Mogens Johansen, Tonni Nielsen or Ph. Vigen).

High grade pipes were stamped "Bjarne Nielsen" without any logo on the mouthpiece and graded A, B, C and D

Bjarne second brand: Viking

This brand could be a DUNCAN's second according to Wilczak & Colwell, op. cit.

▲ This pipe was carved during the "factory period" (before 1964) but it was marked with a green dot which appeared in 1964 and was continued until 1967. After 1968 Blatter pipes were marked with the red dot. The stamping corresponds to a period ranging from mid 1970s to 1981.
More about Blatter markings...

Blatter & Blatter Inc. Pipemakers since 1907

Artisan: Robert Blatter

See also: Rettalb

▲ The "blue" spot may be discolored.
"BLUE" over the spot.

▲  "BLUE" under the light blue spot.