Gloredo

Gloredo is a China-based handmade briar pipe brand founded by Leslie Ng together with his partners, known for the unusually long shanks it favors. The brand name is formed by combining the English word "glory" with the syllable "-do," which in East Asia carries the meaning of a hall or workshop; the company's Chinese registered name, 榮光堂, matches this reading.

Company Registration and Fate

The brand's corporate entity, Gloredo Co., Limited, was registered as a private company limited by shares in Hong Kong on 5 June 2007; its registration number is 1138511, and the address it reported was in the Wan Chai district. In the same register, the company appears to have been struck off on 28 September 2012. No independent record documenting regular production after this date has been found. The brand's former domain today redirects to a personal site devoted to pipe-smoking culture in China.

A dispute over the brand name is reported in a 2012 editorial note on Pipedia: a shop owner in China is said to have attempted to register the name under his own name in some markets. This information rests on a single source; the claim has not been confirmed by independent records, and the outcome of the attempt could not be traced.