Le Baron

▲ (Underside) ◊ Le Baron ◊

Le Chevalier

St Claude

▲ ◊ Le Chevalier, Saint Claude, France, 105 ◊

There is also a "Chevalier" brand
Other knight's head: Royal York

Le Foglie

the brand of Fabrizio Paolucci

Le Nuvole

Pesaro

▲ ◊ Le nuvole, Lavorate a Mano, In Italia ◊

▲ (Underside)

◊ Le nuvole ◊

◊ Lavorate a Mano ◊

◊ In Italia ◊

◊ 4 [Cloud] ◊

Artisan: Maurizio Tombari (born 1952) collaborates with his wife Stefania.

This brand founded in 1996 offers amazing shapes.

Gradings: a number above a cloud.

Smooth pipes (ascending): 3 to 8
Sandblast pipes: S1 to S3
Rusticted pipes: 1 and 2

Le Pipier de Lunel

▲ ◊ J Waille, LUNEL (Upper case letters) ◊

▲ ◊ J Waille, Lunel (Lower case letters) ◊

▲ ◊ J Waille ◊ (No "Lunel" mark )

Others fleur de lis logos: Ajustomatic , Cellini, Duke of Kent , Fleur de lis, Omega , Thomas, Vincenzo Lombardi

▲ ◊ J Waille, Lunel (Lower case letters) ◊

Artisan : Jean Waille. He is the son of André Waille (†, pipe carver in St Claude), and nephew of Michel Waille (EWA).
Probable second brand: Captain Patty

Le Roi

▲ (Left side) ◊ Le Roi, * * A ◊
(Right side) ◊ Lord Nelson, 3008 ◊

The grading (**A) and the logo on the stem (L) are very similar to those usualy found on A. Lacroix pipes.

Lee

▲ ◊ Pipe by Lee, Limited Edition ◊

▲ (Left side) ◊ Pipe by Lee, Limited Edition ◊
(Right side) ◊ An Authentic, Imported Briar ◊

▲ Logo: 3 seven pointed brass stars.

▲ ◊ Pipe by Lee, Limited Edition ◊

▲ Logo: 1 seven pointed brass star

▲

▲ Logo: 2 five pointed coloured gold stars

▲ (Left side) ◊ Pipe by Lee, Limited Edition ◊
(Right side) ◊ An Authentic, Imported Briar ◊

▲ 3 five pointed gold coloured stars partly deleted.

This brand was distributed by Stewart-Allen Co, Inc. NY.
Grading (ascending): 1 to 5 stars
Early pipes have seven pointed brass stars, middle run have five points and later pipes are stamped with coloured gold stars.
Lee seconds: Briar Lee , Gold Coast

Box for a 3 star Lee pipe

Leghorn

▲ (Left side) ◊ Leghorn ◊

Leghorn : traditional English name for the town of Livorno (Italy)

Legion of Honor

Mastercraft

▲ (Left side) ◊ Legion of Honor, Commander ◊ (Right side) ◊ Algerian Briar, Made in France ◊

Display and store box.

A sub-brand of Mastercraft for pipes imported from France.

Leonard's

Portland, Oregon

▲ ◊ The Premier, Straight Grain, LEONARD'S ◊ On the silver ring ◊ A.L. Silver ◊

▲ ◊ Leonard's, Meerschaum, Inner Bowl ◊
◊ Aged Imported Briar ◊

▲ (Left side) ◊ Leonard's ◊ (Right side) ◊ Meershaum Inner Bowl ◊

▲ (Left side) ◊ Leonard's, Straight, Grain ◊
(Right side) ◊ London England ◊

▲ (Left side)◊ Leonard's, Double-Bore ◊
(Right side) ◊ London England, 9488 ◊

▲ The logo represents the two airways drilled into the stem. (see enlarged views)
Other "twin bore" pipes: Grand Master, Kaywoodie Durobit, Radice

▲ (Left side) ◊ Dover, De Luxe ◊ (Right side) ◊ Leonard Portland, 127 ◊

▲ (Left side) ◊ Dover, De Luxe ◊
(Right side) ◊ Lenonard (Arched) Portland, 434 ◊
(Underside) ◊ Made in England ◊

▲ These two "Dover De Luxe" pipes are from either Comoy's or GBD.

Home brand of Leonard's Pipe Shop, founded in 1936 by Arthur Leonard and closed in 1989
See also Leonard's as Sasieni second

Leonardo Da Vinci

▲ ◊ LEONARDO DA VINCI, HAND MADE, ITALY,
(3 ship sails) ◊

Leslie Wood

▲ ◊ L. Wood, Of London ◊

Artisan: Leslie Wood
Pipes for the European market are stamped "L. Wood" while those for US are stamped "Ferndown".
Production: ~ 2000 pipes/year (Ferndown + L.Wood)
See also Elwood for better understanding of the strange logo.

Lewis

(Richard)

▲◊ Lewis SFR 783 ◊ Old-style Logo: brass dot inlaid within a green acrylic dot

▲ ◊ Lewis Made in USA ◊ New-style logo ▲

LHS

(L&H Stern)

Lillehammer

▲ (Left side) ◊ Lillehammer (Curved), GL, Best Make ◊
(Right side) ◊ Made in Norway ◊

▲ G L are the initials of Gudbrand Larsen († 1902) founder of the brand in 1844.

▲ ◊ Lillehammer 784 ◊

▲ Two small red squares: one on the shank the other on the stem to align them.

▲ (Top) ◊ Lillehammer, Clipper ◊ (Underside) ◊ 549 ◊

▲ While Lillehammer's sales went from bad to worse in the 1960's, Kriswill purchased the brand and used to manage the norwegian plant a short period. This pipe was carved in Norway by the danish brand during this era.

Lincoln

Lindall

(See Ove Lindall)

Lindbergh

Leather clad pipe.

▲ ◊ Lindbergh (In oval), Made in France ◊

Lindstrom

▲ ◊ Lindström ◊

▲ ◊ Linström ◊

Linkman's

Chicago, IL

▲ ◊ Linkman's, Courtleigh ◊

▲ (Left side) ◊ Linkman's, Hollycourt ◊
(Right side) ◊ 8833 Imported Briar ◊
(Bottom) ◊ PAT.2073663 L ◊

The M. Linkman and Co. was established by Louis B. Linkman and August Fisher in 1898. The company closed down in the 1950s and the Dr Grabow branch was sold to Henry Leonard and Thomas Inc.
See also : Bucko, Dr Grabow, Colossals, Hollycourt, Duke of Dundee, Royalton