Suppliers and sources

[caskwith]

Do we have a thread for posting materials sources etc? A large part of new member posts I see are asking about this. If we don't can we get one started as a sticky where we can all post the places we get our stuff as well as a few comments on pricing/quality etc.


Wait a minute this might be a good idea and I know those are banned

[d.huber]

Geez, Chris. Always breaking rules.

I get a large majority of my briar from Steve, aka Vermont Freehand, on this forum. He has an excellent variety of supplies and is a great guy to do business with.

I've purchased briar, ebonite, and Fiebing's Dyes from Pipe Maker's Emporium as well.

McMaster Carr is my primary supplier for drill bits, steel tubing, and delrin.

I purchased the Beal Buffing kit from Amazon.com and additional buffs from PME and Tim West. You can also get compound for buffing in the states from these two sources.

I've also sourced a bunch of good tools from locally owned hard ware stores as well as from Lowes and Home Depot.

[Sasquatch]

Notice that Chris in his altruism didn't even mention any of his suppliers.

Get it buddy? We're on to you.

[The Smoking Yeti]

There is a source list on pipepedia- however, it is far from complete, and it would be worth creating one for the forum itself to sticky.

[UncleDraken]

Great idea. I would find this massively useful!

I'm particularly interested to see where Mr. Askwith sources his bits for obvious reasons.

[Sasquatch]

He makes them from Askwithite, a proprietary plastic/molten rock fission material.

[UncleDraken]

He makes them from Askwithite, a proprietary plastic/molten rock fission material.

Oh. Great, thanks! Well, no need for that sticky now guys. I'm good.

[caskwith]

I thought everyone knew that Askwith Pipes were made with only the finest firewood and bit scavenged from the local dump.

[d.huber]

I thought everyone knew that Askwith Pipes were made with only the finest firewood and bit scavenged from the local dump.

I figured that's why you wanted the thread. It can be tough to find decent materials in the Isles, I hear.

[Vermont Freehand]

Here's a contact list of some of my briar-selling competitors and friends in the business (in no particular order);

PIMO - USA -Ginny Baier - pimo@vermontel.net - www.pimopipecraft.com

American Smoking Pipe Company - USA- Mark Tinsky - marktinsky@q.com - www.amsmoke.com

Pipe Makers Emporium - USA - Carolyn Perea - cperea@pipemakers.org - www.pipemakers.org

J.H. Lowe - USA - Tim West - info@jhlowe.com - www.jhlowe.com

Main Street Pipe Company - USA - joe@mainstreetpipeco.com - www.mainstreetpipeco.com

Parks Pipes - Canada - Michael Parks - Michael@ParksPipes.com - www.parkspipes.com

Jaume Hom Briar Wood - Spain - Jaume Terrats - briarblocks@hotmail.com - www.briarblocks.com

Romeo Briar - Italy - Romeo Domenico (Mimmo) - romeobriar@libero.it - www.romeobriar.com

Molina Pipe - Italy - Karla Samantha Botello Juarez - italian.briar.pipes@gmail.com - www.molinapipe.it
Samantha goes by 2 ebay usernames - "samanthat0296" and "italian-briar-pipes"

Calabria Pipe - Italy - www.calabriapipe.com/it

Manno Pipe - Italy - info@briar-pipe.it - www.briar-pipe.it

Segherie Maremmane Cresci - Italy - segheriemaremmane@alice.it - www.segheriemaremmane.com

Alexander Briar Pipes - Greece - Alexander Zavvos - info@briar-pipes.com - www.briar-pipes.com
Alexander goes by the ebay username - "alexander-zavvos"

A Cut Above Briar - Greece - Makis Minetos - acutabovebriar@gmail.com - acutabovebriar4.blogspot.com

Amadeus Pipes - Grece - www.achaiki-amadeus.gr

Hermann von Appen - Germany - Marco Janzen - info@janzen-pfeifen.de - www.janzen-pfeifen.de

P.E. Hermann - Denmark - tm@hermanns.dk - www.shop.hermanns.dk

then there's me;

Vermont Freehand - USA - Steve Norse - stevenorse@gmail.com

[d.huber]

@VermontFreehand

Eh, I think I'll just keep buying from you.

[Kirk Fitzgerald]

Vermont Freehand - USA - Steve Norse - stevenorse@gmail.com

Do you have a website?

[wisemanpipes]

awesome list steve!

my list is as follows;

briar- Samantha/Molina pipe, acutabove briar, (cheap stuff) alexander zavvos
ebonite rod- SEM, nikko ebonite(japan), VF (soon steve )
acrylic- literally hundreds of places sell it, I get it from PME, pennstate industries, exotic blanks
delrin- mac~carr, tim west
inlay wood- local exotic wood dealer
horn- pet store....joking. exotic blanks
bakelite- ebay and American art plastics

ill say to new guys. if moneys not really the concern, Pipe makers emporium sells anything you could want to make pipes(aside from machinery) but at a marked up price. its where I basically bought everything to start.

[Vermont Freehand]

Do you have a website?

Sorry, no website yet, I just deal direct and also have an ebay store to attract new customers. Feel free to check out http://stores.ebay.com/Vermont-Freehand and if you see anything you like, pm me for best prices. There are also price lists here on the forum for briar and ebonite rods/plates.

[pipedreamer]

Vermont freehand great stuff,fast shipping,Thanks.John