Anton & Co. Pipes

Anton & Co. Pipes is a family-scale pipe workshop working in the city of Lviv in western Ukraine. What sets the workshop apart from its European counterparts is that for a long time it built its production not on briar but on maple, a wood plentiful in the country.

Production Built on Maple

Maple craftsmanship has a long history in Ukraine; the wood is easily found locally, is neither rare nor endangered, works well on the lathe, and has no pronounced flavor of its own. In a country where briar supply depends entirely on imports, this offers the workshop a foundation that is consistent both economically and technically. Oak, pear, and bog oak, known as morta, are among the other woods used from time to time.

Pipes made from imported briar entered production after 2020 as well. Their sandblasting is not outsourced but done in-house; the small pits and marks that appear on the surface are not covered up but treated as a natural part of the material. In the same years, pipe stands made from ash and other wooden accessories for pipe smoking also began to be produced.