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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 | ||
* | *Silvercrest $2.00 | ||
*Superfine Purex $1.50 | *Superfine Purex $1.50 | ||
*Sculpted Purex $1.50 | *Sculpted Purex $1.50 | ||
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File:Texaco1.jpg|Texaco by Sterncraft | |||
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<gallery widths=300 heights=200 caption="LHS Superfine | [[File:LHS-Sterncraft1954YaleUniversityClassPipe.jpg|thumb|[[LHS]]-Sterncraft 1954 Yale University Class Pipe. See '''[[College Class Pipes]]''' for more information. Courtesy Brian Robertson collection.]] | ||
<gallery widths=300 heights=200 caption="[[LHS]]-Sterncraft 1954 Yale University Class Pipe. See '''[[College Class Pipes]]''' for more information. Courtesy Brian Robertson collection."> | |||
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LHSPurexSuperfine-Patent01.jpg|PUREX Superfine double patent, inlaid logos | |||
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LHSPurexAllBriar07.jpg|Purex All Briar Details | 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
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".
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.
Sources
- Tobacco: An illustrated weekly journal
- Geyer's Stations
- The Rotarian
Catalog
- Thanks to Mike Starke for this copy of the 1946 LHS 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.