On my Top 10 for best smokers there are several Stanwells. I like the brand and the history about it; those old shapes are cool!
However, good artisan pipes are better to me but thats just because the mouthpiece is usually better executed on those; i.e. more comfortable (to me). And there's...
The Danbarks are made by Søren Refbjerg Rasmussen who has been in the pipe business for almost 40 years. In his earlier days he had a large workshop where several carvers made pipes for him - these were usually Fancy pipes and were stamped Søren.
Today he works alone but still manages to make...
Benner has confessed! It's from the first half of the 1970s and sold through his distributor in CA. He also says that it's one of if not the ugliest pipe he ever made
Cheers, Jesper