Bauer

Bauer is the most famous and prestigious manufacturer of meerschaum pipes. It was founded in the late 1800s in Vienna, where companies specialising in meerschaum processing were concentrated. The meerschaum was imported from Turkey, the world's only supplier, and processed by the skilled hands of Bauer's expert craftsmen. The company closed in the early 1990s due to a Turkish law that no longer allowed the export of raw foam blocks for processing, but only finished pipes. Bauer pipes have become highly sought after by collectors as they represent a level of excellence in pipe making that no longer exists. The Bauer pipes you find here on the website are all original, purchased from an authorised distributor in the 1970s and 1980s.