Updated: Mar 12, 2013

J. Alan Pipes

no logo on the stem

▲ (Underside)

231

J. Alan Pipes . USA . (In circle)

A (inside circle)

Artisan: Jeffrey A. Burt-Gracik (born 1979) began carving pipes in 2004 while he still was student and went full-time pipe maker in 2006.

Dating:

The first number counts back to the first J. Alan pipe made.
The 2 digit number indicates the year of manufacture.

i.e. 231 08 = the 231th J. Alan Pipe in existence was crafted in 2008.

No grading except for exceptional pipes which are stamped with a wave.

J. Paul Tucker

▲ J. Paul Tucker, Made in, London. England

Jacky Berrod

▲ (Left side) Jacky Berrod, F, Filter9

▲ (Left side) Jacky Berrod
(Right side) G, Fait Main, St Claude France

Jacky Berrod († 1993) was responsible for production of the Butz Choquin pipes while his brother Jean Paul managed the Berrod-Regad group. Jacky tightly collaborated with Paul Lanier who used to produce the freehand pipes of the group.

The Berrod Regad factory

Jacobean

▲ (Left side) Jacobean, De Luxe (Right side) 3

According to Wilczak & Colwell, op. cit. Jacobean could be a French label (La Bruyere) or an English one (Masta and/or Josiah Brown). Given the logo on its stem (JB) the English origin of this pipe seems more probable all the more since the model # "3" in the Masta chart tallies quite well with this piece. Jacobean could thus have been crafted by Masta and retailed by Josiah Brown.

Josiah Brown Ltd. (tobacconist) 7 Market Street Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (closed down).

An early line (prior to Ferndown) of Leslie Wood was named "Jacobean". See the stampings here.

Jacono

Tonino

Jesi, Marche

▲ Jacono, Hand Made in Italy, Queen

▲ (Underside) Tonino Jacono, Jack

Artisan: Tonino Jacono is the brother-in-law of Vitaliano Posella.

Grading: the Jacono grading system is based on chess pieces.

(Ascending order) Knight, Knight E (rusticated), Bishop, Bishop E (semi-rusticated), Rook, Jack, Queen, Queen E, Queen EE, King, King E (smooth).

Size markings: Checkmate indicates a size larger than usual.

Pipes with the grades Jack, Queen or King may be stamped with a number from 1 to 100. These are the best 100 of all the pipes made in one given year.

Dating: some time in 2011 Tonino Jacono started to stamp the year of manufacture with a 2 digit number (12=2012). The same year a silver logo appeared on the mouthpieces.

James T. Cooke

Vermont

▲ Hand Made by, J.T. & D., Cooke, USA, Vermont

▲ Current stampings and stem logo (Yin Yang)

▲ J.T. & D. Cooke, 87-39

Early musical note logo. Pipe carved on February 23rd, 1987. Serial number 87-39: the 39th pipe that was crafted in 1987.

Comparison of some wax-drip pipes with an early Cooke pipe of the same type.

Sablage à l'américaine

Calamus dublinii var. Cooke

James Upshall

Brenchley, Kent

▲ (left) James Upshall, P (right) Tilshead, England, Made by hand

▲ James Upshall Hand Made in England, FH (Red) ▲

Artisan: Barry Jones learned his skill from the age of 15 at Charatan's. In 1978 he joined Kenneth Barnes and established the James Upshall brand at Tilshead (Wiltshire).

Production (2006): ~ 30 pipes/week