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Who were the earliest pioneers, how many companies were in operation, say, arbitrarily, between 1860 and 1950? Have all those old concerns been relegated to the dustbin of the tobacco industry, although their pipes may still be in circulation? A cursory review of Paul Jung’s ''19th Century Patents, Designs, and Trademarks for Tobacco Pipes and Related Material Issued by the U.S. Patent Office 1858-1899'' (1987) indicates that hundreds of American and European ideas and design concepts for briar pipes were submitted for a U.S. patent—I didn’t count them—but there is no easy way to determine how many of these patents materialized into commercial pipes. Include all the approved patents and designs for briars in France, Germany, and Great Britain, and that population would probably increase at least four-fold. | Who were the earliest pioneers, how many companies were in operation, say, arbitrarily, between 1860 and 1950? Have all those old concerns been relegated to the dustbin of the tobacco industry, although their pipes may still be in circulation? A cursory review of Paul Jung’s ''19th Century Patents, Designs, and Trademarks for Tobacco Pipes and Related Material Issued by the U.S. Patent Office 1858-1899'' (1987) indicates that hundreds of American and European ideas and design concepts for briar pipes were submitted for a U.S. patent—I didn’t count them—but there is no easy way to determine how many of these patents materialized into commercial pipes. Include all the approved patents and designs for briars in France, Germany, and Great Britain, and that population would probably increase at least four-fold. | ||
In 1997, H. Wilczak and T. Colwell published ''Who Made That Pipe? A Directory of Briar Names, Their Makers/Sellers, and Countries of Origin in the 19th & 20th Centuries'' (New York). It’s a great compilation that includes several thousand entries, precisely 7,685 discrete pipe-style trade names, e.g., Astor Bantam, Astor Pipe, and Golden Arrow (all from Comoy); 7,685 styles, models or brand names are not 7,685 manufacturers. A few years later, José Manual Lopes authored ''Pipes. Artisans and Trademarks'' (2005); the original Portuguese edition is ''Cachimbos'' (2004). His compendium contains some 1,800 alphabetized names, more or less, of pipe makers, past and present—again, I didn’t count ‘em—and it’s the best global source book to date of who made and who is making what briars. Three less comprehensive books are Aldo Pellissone, ''Catalogo Bolaffi delle Pipe'' (1978), David Wright, A Pipe Companion (2000), and Rolf Joachim Rutzen, ''Pfeifen. Die Pfeifenmacher der Welt, Marken & Modelle'' (2000); although global in their scope, the three focus only on contemporary pipe makers. Two Italian best sellers, Bozzini e. Fincato, Le Più Belle Pipe Italiane (1987) and Pellissone e. Emanuel, ''Pipe, I Tabacchi, I Fiammiferi, Le Tabacchiere'' (1985) concentrate on today’s Italian pipe makers, so both are quite limited in their coverage. ''Scandinavian Pipemakers'' (2012) from Jan Andersson is the newest entrant, but the title reveals its contemporaneousness and its narrow geographic orientation. | In 1997, H. Wilczak and T. Colwell published ''Who Made That Pipe? A Directory of Briar Names, Their Makers/Sellers, and Countries of Origin in the 19th & 20th Centuries'' (New York). It’s a great compilation that includes several thousand entries, precisely 7,685 discrete pipe-style trade names, e.g., Astor Bantam, Astor Pipe, and Golden Arrow (all from Comoy); 7,685 styles, models or brand names are not 7,685 manufacturers. A few years later, José Manual Lopes authored ''Pipes. Artisans and Trademarks'' (2005); the original Portuguese edition is ''Cachimbos'' (2004). His compendium contains some 1,800 alphabetized names, more or less, of pipe makers, past and present—again, I didn’t count ‘em—and it’s the best global source book to date of who made and who is making what briars. Three less comprehensive books are Aldo Pellissone, ''Catalogo Bolaffi delle Pipe'' (1978), David Wright, ''A Pipe Companion'' (2000), and Rolf Joachim Rutzen, ''Pfeifen. Die Pfeifenmacher der Welt, Marken & Modelle'' (2000); although global in their scope, the three focus only on contemporary pipe makers. Two Italian best sellers, Bozzini e. Fincato, Le Più Belle Pipe Italiane (1987) and Pellissone e. Emanuel, ''Pipe, I Tabacchi, I Fiammiferi, Le Tabacchiere'' (1985) concentrate on today’s Italian pipe makers, so both are quite limited in their coverage. ''Scandinavian Pipemakers'' (2012) from Jan Andersson is the newest entrant, but the title reveals its contemporaneousness and its narrow geographic orientation. | ||
In print are a few specialized books: R. W. Stokes, ''Collector’s Guide to Kaywoodie Pipes. A Partial Chronology of Kaywoodie Grades, Shapes, and Prices'' (1936-1969); L. A. Rathburn, ''The History of The Fort Wayne Falcon Featherweight'' 1945 (1995); W. Taylor, ''The Pipe. Manufacturing and Marketing Pyrolitic Graphite Pipes from Development to Demise'' (2000); W. E. Unger, ''As Individual as a Thumbprint: The Custom-Bilt Pipe Story'' (2000); and K. A. Worth, ''Back From the Ashes: Uncovering The Lost History of G.L. Hunt and the Falcon'' (2007). | In print are a few specialized books: R. W. Stokes, ''Collector’s Guide to Kaywoodie Pipes. A Partial Chronology of Kaywoodie Grades, Shapes, and Prices'' (1936-1969); L. A. Rathburn, ''The History of The Fort Wayne Falcon Featherweight'' 1945 (1995); W. Taylor, ''The Pipe. Manufacturing and Marketing Pyrolitic Graphite Pipes from Development to Demise'' (2000); W. E. Unger, ''As Individual as a Thumbprint: The Custom-Bilt Pipe Story'' (2000); and K. A. Worth, ''Back From the Ashes: Uncovering The Lost History of G.L. Hunt and the Falcon'' (2007). | ||