Welcome to The Sawdust Factory, where artisan pipe designer Lee von Erck creates custom crafted and oil cured tobacco smoking pipes from briar and other raw materials.
Lathing, blasting, curing, bit creation and assembly are all done by hand with a streamlined and well designed process. Business is conducted via PayPal pursuant to their terms and conditions.
Today 3 pipes are getting added to stock for sale with the MINE stamp: Serial numbers A2902, A39077, A59061. Each of these pipes is an A grade!
International shipping is available and usually sought after for overseas purchases of these one of a kind von Erck Classic Custom Pipe pieces.
MINE stamp - vEC Serial # Addition
Fully built, crafted and oil cured smoking pipe pieces which have been stamped “MINE” after the standard vEC serial, indicates the pipe was at one time an estate pipe smoked by Lee von Erck, and is certified to have been smoked by the maker himself.
Interpreting Grades
AAA​
AA
No flaws (pits) visible to the naked eye. This grade may have some flame grain.
A
Most of the production ends up in this grade. There could be up to 10 pits or flaws that have been hidden with feathers, partial etching or sand blasting or completely sand blasting. If there are more than 3-4 pits the piece will be sand blasted.
C
May have fills that have been hidden in etching or sand blasting. Drilling may be off. This grade is not sold. Mostly these pipes Lee smokes. Some are given away to friends.
R
Revised. Very few of these pipes exist. These are pipes Lee had second thoughts about and redesigned them after Lee thought the pipe was done.
"Thank You for your interest in my pipes."
One comment on “3 Estate Pipes – Custom Smoking Pipes from Lee von Erck”
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May 21, 2024 at 2:54 amI couldn’t resist commenting. Very well written!