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Tom Howard was a popular radio personality in the 1940s/50s. He was, of course, a pipe smoker and played off his popularity to market his own line of pipes. The Howard pipes were knockoffs of Tracy Mincer’s Custombilt (Custom-Bilt) pipes that were popular in the mid 20th century. Tom Howard was not a carver. He lent his name to the line of pipes that was made in one of the East Coast factories. These probably were influenced by the original Custombilt carvings. Howard was a famous pipe collector, reputed to have had several thousand.
Tom Howard was a popular comedian and personality in the 1940s/50s, known for vaudeville stage and radio work. But he also was a skilled pipe maker. In a Popular Mechanic article from 1947 he is written up as the "Hobbyist of the Month, Tom Howard." He made pipes in his workshop outside his home in Red Bank, NJ. starting about 1939, and looks like into the late 1940's or later. He purchased briar blocks by the bag as well as stem blanks, and in his well equipped shop he hand crafted his pipes, in about three hours on average. He was a true craftsman, also specializing is intricate model boats, trains and brass canons, all built to scale.
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