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The brand had 8 pipe grades listed in the 1944 issue of Outdoor Magazine.
The brand had 8 pipe grades listed in the 1944 issue of Outdoor Magazine.
*Sterncrest Ultrafine $ 10
*Sterncrest Ultrafine $10.00
*Sterncrest 14K $ 7.50
*Sterncrest 14K $7.50
*Sterncrest Sterling $ 5
*Sterncrest Sterling $5.00
*Certified Purex $3.50
*Certified Purex $3.50
*Select Grain $2.50
*Select Grain $2.50
*Sivercrest $ 2
*Silvercrest $2.00
*Superfine Purex $1.50
*Superfine Purex $1.50
*Sculpted Purex $1.50
*Sculpted Purex $1.50
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LHSPurexSuperfine-Patent01.jpg|PUREX Superfine double patent, inlaid logos
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LHS-SirRobert01.jpg|Another Sir Robert
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File:LHS-RareRustic-01.jpg|Rare Rustic
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LHSPurexAllBriar07.jpg|Purex All Briar Details
File:LHSPurex53-01.jpg|Patent #53
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Latest revision as of 19:14, 8 July 2022

Early L&H Sterm Sign, courtesy Dave Gossett
Building on Pearl and Waters street in Brooklyn, courtesy Dave Gossett
LHS Italian Briar, bone screw, and Remanol bit, courtesy Racine & Laramie Tobacconist
LHS Sterncrest add, courtesy Doug Valitchka
1947 Ad, courtesy Doug Valitchka
1947 Ad, courtesy Doug Valitchka
LHS Purex Superfine Board and pipes

Ludwig Stern, a successful pipe manufacturer since 1893 and closing around 1960, reorganized his company along with his brother Hugo Stern, opening a factory in 1911. They named the company L&H Stern Smoking Pipes & Holders. The newly formed company was moved into a six story building on the corner of Pearl and Waters street Brooklyn, NY.

Notes from Geyer's Stationer

Thoroughly organized in all departments, and housed in a well-lighted and ventilated modern office and manufacturing building, the firm of L&H Stern Inc. is located near the first arch of the Manhattan bridge, near the river and convenient to the Brooklyn bridge, which makes it accessible from all the hotels in the metropolis for visiting buyers. The structure is six stories with a seventeen-foot basement, with light on three sides through prismatic glass windows, the first floor being seven feet above the sidewalk. Light enters the upper floors from all four sides.

L&H Stern is known to every important wholesaler and jobber in the country. LHS manufactures a complete line of briar pipes. Ginmetto wood pipes are also made, as well as Redmanol goods, the man-made amber. The first substitute for amber. Everything, even down to the sterling silver and other metal trimmings are made under one roof.

L&H Stern advertised pipes at prices starting from $1 and topping out at $25. One Advertisement said: "Remember, any LHS is the best pipe in its class".

Beautiful Sterncrest seven day cased set, with 14K Gold Bands

The brand had 8 pipe grades listed in the 1944 issue of Outdoor Magazine.

  • Sterncrest Ultrafine $10.00
  • Sterncrest 14K $7.50
  • Sterncrest Sterling $5.00
  • Certified Purex $3.50
  • Select Grain $2.50
  • Silvercrest $2.00
  • Superfine Purex $1.50
  • Sculpted Purex $1.50

In addition to the above grades, a 1944 catalog also listed the following lines and models:

  • Barrister
  • Marwyn
  • Park Lane
  • Radmanol
  • Warwick

Additional notes

Some models were made before, during, and after WWII. LHS was one of the main pipe supplier for US soldiers during WWII.

Pre-war pipes were stamped Real Briar Root, or Briar Root. Some war time pipes were made from domestic briar, or "American" briar and were void of any briar stampings. Many American pipe makers lost their over seas supply of Mediterranean briar shortly before and during the war. Post war pipes were stamped Imported Briar to assure customers that they were buying premium briar once again.



Many of their later Sterncrest pipes featured silver bands and some were made with 14kt. gold bands as well.

LHS-Sterncraft 1954 Yale University Class Pipe. See College Class Pipes for more information. Courtesy Brian Robertson collection.


Sources

  • Tobacco: An illustrated weekly journal
  • Geyer's Stations
  • The Rotarian

Catalog

Budget Pipes Apparently Made by LHS

  • Leader
  • New Art

Patents

Many thanks to Dave Gossett for his assistance with this article. Dave has an extensive collection of L&H Stern pipes and related tobacciana, and has done extensive research on the firm.

References