Ernie Markle Pipes
From Ernie's website: Ernie Markle has a passion for making great pipes. Pipes that will live on well after you are gone. Pipes that create a heritage of craftsmanship. That certainly rings true when you spend any time with Ernie. And he has acted on that passion, doing what it takes to make high grade pipes in an amazingly short time. Ernie makes pipes part-time, in addition to his career in finance, from his home in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Ernie's interest in pipe making began in 2007 when after hours of viewing thousands of custom pipes online, he was suddenly struck with a fundamental question: “How do they do that?” He then discovered The Pipemakers Forum, a group of pipe makers discussing the process and became enamored with the idea. Due to the investment in time and equipment required to make pipes on the level that appealed to him, it was two years before he could see his way to pursuing his passion in earnest. In early 2010 he made his first pipe. In May of that year, he attended the Chicago show in the hopes of receiving helpful critique on his pipes and while there he took part in the two day pipe making seminar.
At the Chicago show two of North America’s veteran makers invited Ernie to spend some time in their shops and it was under Brad Pohlmann and Jeff Gracik of J. Alan Pipes that he began to gain confidence in his abilities within the sphere of pipe making. You could not have two finer mentors, and that shows in Ernie's pipes.
Smooth Egg, courtesy smokingpipes.com
Smooth Egg, courtesy smokingpipes.com
Blasted Egg, courtesy smokingpipes.com
Blasted Egg, courtesy smokingpipes.com
Contact Information:
E-mail: ernie@emarklepipes.com Website: http://emarklepipes.com/ Phone: (480) 489-6920