◊ White Star Pompei 745 ◊

A brand of Whitehall Products (USA). Pipes were sometimes carved in Italy.

Seconds: Thinbite

The brand of the Wild Honey Tobacco Co

Brand from the Bradberry Pipe Corp. NY
(J.M. Lopes, op. cit. p 247) 

The Willard pipes were made by Sparta Industries in Sparta, N.C from 1963 to 1975 (about 60,000 pipes per week). Some were distributed by the Post and Base Exchanges that serviced the military during the Vietnam War. Others were produced for R. J. Reynolds Tobacco.

▲ This is a pipe from Willmer's Bentley line, not to be confused with the danish Bentley brand or with the probable Kaywoodie second ( Bentley US ).

Willmer is a brand of H. Willmer & Son Ltd.

Gradings until the 1980s (ascending): BA, A, AA, and AAA.

After this date Willmer introduced the AAAA and AAAA PRESENTATION as top grades.

 

 

▲ Because of the shape of the logo this pipe was produced by Briarcraft

Brand produced by Comoy's or GBD

 

 

Poul Winsløw used to work for the Preben Holm pipe studio since the 1970’s until he estabished on his own in 1985.
Grading (ascending): E (sandblasted) to A (almost perfect straight grain),
Private collection (perfect straight grain),
Unique (perfect straight grain with specially made gold ornaments or jewelry.
Production (2009): ~ 3000 pipes/year
See also: Crown

 

According to Wilczak & Colwell (op. cit) it would be a brand of the Wolf Pipe Co (USA) despite the English origin stamped on the shank (?).

 

Artisan: Henryk Worobiec continues since 1979 a pipecarving activity established by his father Pawel in Przemyśl.