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Are Peder Jeppesen’s handmade pipes too unique to smoke?

Ted Shideler 2 Comments
Read time: 7 min.

Neerup pipes come from Peder Jeppesen, a Dane who named his brand as a tribute to one of his grandmothers. Most start as hand-carved designs replicated on automatic machinery before being finished by hand. I have two Neerups, along with two of Jeppesen’s handmade pipes. The ones he made by hand are part of his Ida Easy Cut line. They’d be stunning pieces of functional art if I wasn’t afraid to smoke them!

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Johs: The best value in compelling, handmade pipes

Ted Shideler 2 Comments
Read time: 9 min.

We’ve talked about Boswell pipes, which are handmade in America and available for, oftentimes, a pretty penny. A fantastic alternative that you should know about is the line of Danish pipes made by a guy named Mogens Johansen. His pipes are marketed under the brand “Johs” and they’re all handmade. What’s better is that you can get your own unique pipe from a price point starting at about $90 from SmokingPipes. As of this writing, the most expensive Johs pipe will run you about a hundred bills.

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Boswell Pipes: Loud, proud, and hand-made in the USA

Ted Shideler 4 Comments
Read time: 13 min.

Just about all of the pipes I’ve ever owned were manufactured mechanically, mostly through the use of something called a fraising machine that reproduces copies of an original master design from a company’s shape chart like a primitive CNC set-up or a 3D printer that replicates the cuts that slice up wooden blocks. To get a truly handmade pipe, conventional wisdom states that you’ve got to pony up funds that are beyond the threshold of what a normal person like you or me would be likely to spend.

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