Hello,
I
am Elie. I'm a pipe carver, making hand
made, freehand tobacco pipes. Formerly
situated in Belgium and in Portugal, I'm now
living and working in the Périgord Vert,
Dordogne, France.
There's not that much to be told about me.
I'm a mostly self taught pipe maker who is
passionate about this art of carving
freehands out of briar. As you will notice
from the images: I don't stick to one style,
one material. Mostly not traditional, not
standard. I like to stretch the boundaries
of traditional handmade pipes. My aim is to
create beauty on a few square inches.
Over
the
years, I have build a world-wide reputation
for creating unique pipes, often out of the
ordinary, and also, as the only one in the
world, for making system, aluminum pipes and
for, mostly unique, replacement bowls for
vintage radiator pipes like Falcon®,
Kirsten®, etc.
About
the
quality of my handmade pipes: I have 3
grades.
A: High end. Collector's grade.
S: Smokers' grade. (Might sometimes, but
not always, have tiny imperfections,
hardly noticeable, like a small
sandpit.)
R: Reject. In this case, something went
wrong, but perfectly smokable pipe.
Please
pay
a visit to my Archive, where
you can enjoy a full view of
all the pipes I've been making
since 2005.
As
you
know: the most beautiful pipes are always
sold fast. But you can still see them
there.
A
pipesmokers' heaven.
Thank
you.
For
a quick overview of all my work since
2005, you can also find me on Pinterest:
Elie's Freehand Pipes.
Please
note, that the Facebook account called
'Elie-Pipe' has got nothing to do with me.
I
hope you will enjoy my pipes and my site.
Thank you for visiting and bookmark me
please.
"I
wasn't
born to follow"
Elie
