Hello, I am Elie. I'm a pipe carver, making hand made, freehand tobacco pipes. I'm living and working in Belgium and very soon also in France.
There's not that much to be told about me. I'm a mostly self taught pipe maker who is passionate about this art of carving freehands out of briar, strawberry tree wood and olive wood. As you will notice from the images: I don't stick to one style, one material. I like to stretch the boundaries of traditional handmade pipes. My aim is to create beauty on a few square inches.

About quality : I have 5 grades.(CHANGED !)
A+ : Highest grade which you will rarely see on this site. 'A+'means to me: 'can't be better'.
A: Technically OK. Be it that my A can be someone else's A+.
B: Small flaws, hardly noticeable.
C: Something went wrong, but it is perfectly smokeable. Maybe the flaw won't mind to you.
R: Reject. In this case, something went horribly wrong, but I hate to throw away a perfectly smokable pipe. I won't forget the times, when I couldn't afford myself a freehand. Today there are still a lot of people in that situation, and theire number is growing. I will loose money on this grade, but I don't mind.

I hope you will enjoy my pipes and my site. Thank you for visiting and bookmark me please.