Artisan: Kjeld Sørensen full time pipe maker since 2003

Production (2010): ~ 100 pipes/year

◊ Red Point, Old Briar ◊

 

Brand of John Redman Ltd.

See also Buckingham Palace

 

Artisan: Søren Refbjerg Rasmussen (retired).

Pipes for the European market are mostly stamped "Refbjerg" while those for US are stamped "Søren".
See also: Danbark

 

 

Artisan: Axel Reichert is pipe maker since 1998.

Pipes are neither graded nor dated.

Artisan: Reiner Thilo Bindschädel (born 1961) started selling his pipes in 2002.
The code on the pipes is composed of a letter and a number.

The number indicates the finish:

• 3 (rusticated)
• 2 (partialy rusticated)
• 1 and 0 (smooth finish)

The letter is the quality grading (ascending): from "e" to "a".

Exceptional pipes ("Premium") are stamped with their own name.

Production: ~ 120 pipes/year

Brand of the National Briar Pipe Co (Jersey City, New Jersey, USA). Others brands from this company: Forecaster and The Doodler after 1960

"Rettalb" is an anagram of Blatter

▲ The two dots disappeared after 2006

▲ Facet pipe carved in 2011 with vulcanite application on briar and briar application on vulcanite. This "Bee shape" is ingeneered with a secondary cooling chamber in the shank providing a "Calabash effect".

Artisan: Michail Reviagin (born 1972) started making pipes in 2000.

Neither rustic nor sand-blasted pipes at least until 2011. The pipes never are graded or dated.

Production (2010): ~ 60 pipes/year

Artisan: Tom Richard Mehret (born 1956) started making pipes in 2003 under the watchful and kindly eye of Rainer Barbi. His morta (bog oak) pipes (since 2005) are renowned.

Markings: TRP=Tom Richard Pipes. Some pipes are additionaly stamped with the full artisan's name.

Grading (ascending): BC, B, BA, A, AA, AAA,

See also Richmond from John Redman

 

Artisan: Jon Rinaldi a former photographer started making pipes in the early 2000's.

Artisans: Elio & Guido Rinaldo are the two brothers who founded Rinaldo Pipes in 1987.

Production (2007): ~ 1400 pipes/year

Grading (ascending): one to four "Y" and Fiammata (Straight Grain).

Finishes: Lithos (Rustic) - Sahara (Sandblast) - Triade (Smooth). Titania: bowl of greater dimension.