Alan Brothers Pipes

Alan Brothers Pipes is a brand American pipe maker Jeff Gracik launched together with his brother Jeremy Gracik in 2015. The brand is known for adopting a method that sits between single-maker studio pipes and factory production: the rough shaping of the form is cut by machine, while dimensioning and finishing are completed by hand.

Founding

Jeff Gracik is a maker known for J. Alan Pipes, which he stamps with his own name. Working at a one-man bench naturally keeps annual output limited; accounts say Gracik's handmade production ran to around a hundred pipes a year, well below the demand he was receiving. This figure appears only in community sources and rests on no independent document. His brother Jeremy Gracik came from the business world and wanted to move from a schedule requiring heavy travel to work that kept him closer to his family. The two brothers began discussing a pipe line that Jeff would design but that would not need to be entirely hand-shaped. After roughly two years of development and training, the brand launched in 2015. The company has two ends: San Diego, California, where Jeff works, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where Jeremy is based.