About Robertson Pipes

Reid, the founder of Robertson Pipes, was just two years old when he first smelled the intoxicating aroma of a tobacco pipe, while at Disney World in Florida. That very distant memory, along with his grandfather puffing on a pipe throughout his childhood, is what inspired him to pick up pipe smoking at 18 years old and become a collector of tobacco pipes in his adulthood.  

Starting in 2021 in the mountains of Asheville, North Carolina he set out to make his first pipe. With only forums and videos to guide him his first pipe was, not surprisingly, not very good.  He knew he would need a true pipe artisan to teach him what he needed to know in order to make truly high quality pipes.  After over a year of trial and error, his pipes became good enough for him to get the chance to study with the great American pipe carver David S. Huber, in the fall of 2022. Thanks to David, the support of his wife, and many others, Reid's work has evolved to making truly high quality pipes.