Morgan Pipes

Morgan Pipes is an American pipe brand founded by Chris Morgan in 2006, based in Los Gatos, California. The brand runs on two tracks: a handmade top line the founder finishes piece by piece at his own bench, and series lines produced under contract in Italy. This two-track way of working is a model with frequent examples in the American handmade pipe scene of the 2010s.

Founding and the Handmade Line

Morgan left his marine biology studies unfinished and turned to pipe making in 2006. He made his first pipe by shaping a pre-drilled bowl from a ready hobby kit, and sold this piece to a friend. In the following years he progressed largely through his own trial and error, without formal training under a master. The field he entered was the upper-tier artisan pipe market, active through the 2000s; these pieces, finished entirely by hand from start to finish, were long known under the name Handmade, and appear in the maker's current catalog under the heading Signature.