I started smoking a pipe my senior year in high school, thanks to my English and Music teachers, who where both pipe smokers. But it was in shop class where my pipe journey really began: I made my first two pipes after hours with the tools in the wood shop.

I never forgot those two pipes as I went onto college then built a career as a mechanical engineer here in Colorado.  After building up a small shop for wood working over the years, making furniture and various home improvement projects I had always wanted to make another pipe.

In 2019 I started researching pipemaking, then the next year I ordered briar, a lathe, and a few tools to get me started. I’ve been fortunate that talented pipe makers have offered up their time, wisdom, experience, and critiques to help me to further my craft. Pipe smokers and makers are a deep community — and they inspire me every day in my own path as a maker.