Pipe Making
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New pipe makers will find these two charts helpful. Classic pipe shapes, by Bill Burney: Pipe Shapes. And pipe parts along with their names, also by Bill Burney, see Pipe Parts.
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Materials and Supplies
CHINA
Mindong: Briar; Bamboo; Horn.
DENMARK
P.E.Hermann: Assorted Pipemaking Supplies.
Pia Pipes: Spoon bits, assorted briar blocks and stems (Tom Eltang)
GERMANY
Dan Pipe: Pipe Kits; Briar; Preformed stems, Ebonite rod, Assorted finishing supplies.
Marco Janzen - Hermann von Appen: Assorted Pipemaking Supplies.
SEM: Ebonite Rod
GREECE
Alexander Briar Pipes: Greek Briar
Amadeus Pipes: Greek Briar
ITALY
Volontà Anselmo a.s.: Ebonite Rod
Romeo Briar: Italian Briar
Calabria Pipe: Italian Briar
La Radica Srl: Italian Briar
SPAIN
Jaume Hom: Spanish Briar
Jean Pierre Soler: Spanish Briar
USA
J.H.Lowe: owned & operated by Tim West: Briar; Pipe Kits; Rod - Vulcanite & Acrylic/Lucite; Preformed Stems - Vulcanite & Acrylic/Lucite; Shank Repair Bands; Finishing Products - Buffs, Compounds, Abrasives, Stains, Wax; Machine Parts - Tenon Cutters, Arbors, Sanding Discs, Mortise Drill; Tools - Drills, Taps, Spade, Bits; Miscellaneous - Bone Screws, Delrin Tenons, Teflon Push Sets, Top Bowls, Bamboo, Calabash Bowls.
Briar Pipe Tooling: owned & operated by Trent Rudat: Lathe chuck jaws customized for pipemakers; Silver & Deming bits ground for tobacco chamber boring; Any custom tooling to your specifications & requirements.
Delvie's Plastics Inc.: Acrylic Rod for Stems; Buffing Wheels; Buffing Compounds; Buffing Machines.
Grizzly Industrial, Inc.: Buffing Wheels; Buffing Compounds; Buffing Machines; wood & metal working machines.
Jamestown Distributors: Taper Point Drill Bits; Abrasives.
Parks Pipes: Briar Blocks.
Pipe Makers Emporium: Algerian Briar; Preformed Stems - Ebonite, Cumberland & Acrylic/Lucite; Rod - German Vulcanite & Acrylic/Lucite; Finishing Products, Bands, Tennons, Stain, Tools, Motors. Everything for the Pipe Repair person and Carver.
GreatGoodsRUS: Briar
Vermont Freehand (eBay Store): Briar; Preformed Stems.
The American Smoking Pipe Co.: Briar; Preformed Stems.
E.A. Carey Predrilled Briar Pipe Kits
Masecraft Supply Company: Assorted Natural & Alternative Stem, stem insert, shank extension materials.
A & M Steel Stamps (custom stamp maker used by many US pipemakers): 55 Windsor Ave, Mineola, N.Y. 11501; Phone: 516-741-6223; E-mail: mailto:amsteelstamps@yahoo.com
MLCS Core Box and Round Nose bits for boring tobacco chamber.
Ken Lamb: Chucks, Bits, Cutters, etc.
Caswell: Buffing supplies.
McMaster-Carr Supply Co.: Huge general supply catalog, easy to find what you need & order, good prices on many items.
OnlineMetals.com: Delrin, stainless tubing, brass, etc...
The Great Industrial Garage Sale - eBay Store - Source for small pieces of black and white delrin - no minimum size purchase required.