Pipes carved by an unknown factory in St Claude for the French national tobacco company.

Artisan: Sergey Senatorov (born 1982) carved his first pipe when he was ten years old. He is a professional pipe maker since 2006.

▲ Grey dot on the mouthpiece. This sign was the first the brand used on the stems of its bottom-of-the-range pipes.

▲ Coral dot (Corallium rubrum). This is a former logo discontinued in the 80ties.

Variation of the coral dot set in a silver ring ▲ 

▲ Logo: Sapphire stone set in an 18 karat gold mounting: one of the 5 stones in the "dalla Gemma" Gem series.
Emerald, Garnet, Sapphire, Ruby, Diamond.

▲ Logo: Ruby stone set in an 18 karat gold mounting: one of the 5 stones in the "dalla Gemma" Gem series.
Emerald, Garnet, Sapphire, Ruby, Diamond.

Founder of the brand in 1982: Giancarlo Guidi
Production (2006): ~  6000 pipes/year
Ser Jacopo seconds: Gepetto
Finish mark:
Rusticated pipes: R1 (dark brown) R2 (light brown)
Sandblasted pipes: S (black), S1 (dark brown), S2 (light brown), S3 (tanshell)
Smooth pipes: L (red), L1 (acceptable grain), L2 (nice grain), L3 (exceptional grain)

The Sergio label was created by Guiseppe "Peppino" Ascorti after leaving Caminetto but before creating the Ascorti brand. These pipes were made in the 1979-1980 period and less than 1000 Sergio pipes have been produced all in all.

Note: "Seville" was also a William Demuth Pipe Company (WDC) line.

Artisan: Manuel Shaabi (born 1950 in Lebanon) was a cabinet maker when he decided in 1993 to learn pipe carving. He started as professional pipemaker in 1998.

 

Artisan: Bill Shalosky started as pipe maker with Premal Chheda at Smokers' Haven Workshop in 2007.

Markings: the first number is the manufacture year, the second is the order it was make in the year.

 

 

Artisan: Konstantin Shekita (born 1967) made his first pipe in the "Golden Gate" factory in Kiev. He started to participate in world pipe shows in 2007.

Production (2011): ~ 200 pipes/year.

Markings: The two first digits of the number indicates the year the pipe was crafted (10 = 2010). The following digits correspond to the production rank in the current year.

▲ Shellmoor pipes had sometimes the Jobey logo instead of the S on the stem.

A French brand of an unknown maker.
See also (same logo): Rustique