Winter has returned to the North, and the season is keeping up tradition with low temperatures and snow. Lee Erck is hard at work doing what he loves – shaping and crafting custom tobacco pipes by hand! Home Page (scroll… Continue Reading…
2024 Pipe Makers Blog • Pipe Makers Blog
May 21, 2024
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… Continue Reading…
2024 Pipe Makers Blog • Pipe Makers Blog
May 21, 2024
New changes coming to the website include possible WebRTC chat implementation, speed upgrades and general reliability/security improvements to current standards, and better ways to connect with your favorite pipemaker to learn more about the trade. Thanks for stopping by!
2024 Pipe Makers Blog • Pipe Makers Blog
May 21, 2024
Quite a few pipes have shipped out in late 2023 and 2024 already, with the cold weather still here in most places north of the 45th parallel. The shop hasn’t stopped oil curing new pieces and briar has been a… Continue Reading…
2023 Pipe Makers Blog • Pipe Makers Blog
May 21, 2024
Links are up to date with what is available from Lee’s shop as of 5/29/23! Click here for in stock pipes Thank you for your interest in my pipes. L.. E. v. Erck 432 U, S. 41 Hwy East Negaunee,… Continue Reading…
2023 Pipe Makers Blog • Pipe Makers Blog
September 8, 2024
The past 18 months have been an absolute whirlwind for von Erck’s Classics, and the warm season is just upon us in the Northwoods. Spring ’23 update During the 2019 pandemic and onwards, Lee ramped up production as much as… Continue Reading…
May 7, 2024
Greetings from North Michigan! Lee von Erck today adds 11 custom made pipes to website inventory. von Erck Classics – Custom Made Pipes NEW12002 (now sold)12022 (now sold) Lee’s estate pipes01001 (now sold)02010 (now sold)296890055 Justin Michel’s estate pipes0934294798222910080095
May 7, 2024
Welcome to The Sawdust Factory Lee von Erck custom crafts, by hand, smoking pipes by custom order one at a time. In 2021 he has worked out roughly 6 custom designs still to be added to the site inventory/history… Continue Reading…
May 7, 2024
Greetings from von Erck’s Classics Custom Smoking Pipes We are back from a stint with security issues as many WordPress sites were recently affected as well. This hasn’t stopped Lee from doing his thing in the pipe factory. von Erck’s… Continue Reading…