Updated: Jan 23, 2012
Bier
Volker
▲ (Underside)
◊― [symbol] ―◊
◊― I R ―◊
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)
▲ (Left side) ◊ Bill Sargent, Topeka. KS. ◊ Logo: 3 aligned dots, the last is faded.
Artisan: Bill Sargent († in the 80s) pipemaker, reparman, and tobacco shop owner in Topeka, Kansas.
▲ ◊ Unikat, 925, Handarbeit ◊
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
▲ ◊ Biltmore Custom-made ◊
▲ ◊ Biltmore, Reserve ◊
▲ ◊ Biltmore, Genuine Leather, Italy ◊
▲ ◊ Hand carved by K. Bittner ◊
▲ ◊ Birks London Made ◊
▲ ◊ Birks, Antique, 511 Italy ◊
According to Wilczak & Colwell,
op. cit. this could be the name of an English Tobacco shop.
Bjarne
Copenhagen
▲ ◊ Bjarne, Handmade, in Denmark ◊
▲ (Underside)
◊― Bjarne Nielsen, Handmade, In Denmark ―◊
◊― D ―◊
Bjarne Nielsen (1941 - † 2008) distributed his own "Bjarne" brand and pipes carved by Danish pipemaker (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
▲ (Underside) ◊ Black Diamond, Imported Shelled Briar, 3165 / TD ◊
This brand could be a
DUNCAN's second according to Wilczak & Colwell,
op. cit.
Blatter
Montreal, Quebec
▲ Machine-carved
▲ ◊ Blatter Bros (gothic), Make, Montreal, Selected, 51.77 ◊
▲ Machine-carved but with exceptional grain
▲ Limited quantities, Hand made
▲ ◊ (left) Blatter Montreal, Select (right) Robert Blatter (bottom) 128-93, B.A. PHILO 93 ◊ ▲
This is the only Blatter pipe in the world with three dots.
▲ ◊ Blatter Bros., Montreal ◊
▲ This pipe was carved during the "factory period" (before 1964) but it was marked with a
green dot which only appeared in 1964 and was continued untill 1967. After 1968 Blatter pipes were marked with the red dot. The stamping corresponds to a period
ranging from mid 70ies to
1981.
More about Blatter markings...
Blatter & Blatter Inc. Pipemakers since 1907
Artisan: Robert Blatter
See also: Rettalb
▲ ◊ Real Briar, Foreign (In diamond), Blue Spot, Regd. No. 8732445 ◊
▲ The "blue" spot may be discolored
"BLUE" over the spot.
▲ (Left side) ◊ Real Briar, Foreign (In diamond), Blue Spot ◊
▲ "BLUE" under the light blue spot.
Big Ben
La pipe d'exception chez Blatter
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