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[[Image:BruceWeaver_himself.jpg|thumb|left|B.A. Weaver]][[File:Weaver SandblastedBlowfish.jpg|thumb|250px|Sandblasted Blowfish w/Boxwood, courtesy, [http://smokingpipes.com Smokingpipes.com]]][[Image:BruceWeaver2.jpg|thumb|left|B.A. Weaver Bent Dublin]][[File:Weaver SandblastedRhodesian.jpg|thumb|250px|Sandblasted Rhodesian, courtesy, [http://smokingpipes.com Smokingpipes.com]]][[Image:BruceWeaver3.jpg|thumb|left|B.A. Weaver Bent Egg w/Faux Ivory]][[File:Weaver SandblastedLovat.jpg|thumb|250px|Sandblasted Lovat w/Mastodon, courtesy, [http://smokingpipes.com Smokingpipes.com]]]Bruce Weaver was born in 1951 and is a pipe maker living in Brentwood, Tennessee, which is located just outside of Nashville. He first began making pipes in 2006 after being a collector of Dunhills for most of his adult life, because he got the itch to make something for himself. His mom was an artist and Bruce wanted to see if he had any artistic ability, or was simply a craftsman; as it turns out, he is both. Taking some time to learn some about pipemaking from [[Lee von Erck]], Bruce began making pipes loosely based on the English classics with preform stems and styling similar to Lee. Later, in 2009, he started learning about making handmade pipes from [[Todd Johnson]] who moved to Tennessee. From Todd, Bruce learned how to make handcut stems and use Delrin tenons, as well as shaping a pipe on a sanding disk.