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Clark Layton grew up in the small college town State College, PA. After graduating high school, he traveled a bit and worked odd jobs then worked with a home builder for seven years. There he developed his skills and learnt how to budget the time needed for a project. He was still working for the home builder when he started making tobacco pipes. Within a short time, he shifted to the more individually crafted world of pipes.
He was helped by many pipe makers he met. Clark’s work shows his range from his take on traditional shapes to pipes with more flowing lines that may have certain asymmetry. He uses top grade Greek briar & sometimes strawberry wood. For adornments it is exotic wood, horn and at times sterling silver. Stems are normally Vulcanite. His drilling is always spot on. Clarks pipes impressed me from the day I got in an estate of his (2005 app), and they still do.
Clark Layton Tomato # DL 102
This bent Tomato is a real stunner. The lines flow smoothly from the bowl into the shank. The shank is thick and its volume visually balances the b...
View full detailsClark Layton Dublin # DL 108
Clark an artisan US pipesmith is known for his Dublin's. He seems to have an innate feel for making them regular sized & handsome - yes, that'...
View full detailsClark Layton Diamond Canadian # DL 109
First time I saw a Diamond shanked Canadian was by Charatan made 40 years ago. I understand why. A well know pipe maker told me at one Chicago show...
View full detailsClark Layton Eskimo # DL 104
Clark's take fuses the Volcano & Eskimo shapes into a seamless whole. This creates a slim pipe and depending on the angle viewed from can be mo...
View full detailsClark Layton Bent Dublin # DL 112
A 21st C Dublin with 1 /8 bend and off a size that is perfect regular size pipe that works to carry around or sit in the evening with a favorite th...
View full detailsClark Layton Eskimo # DL 111
This shape is a modern classic. It originated in the Danish school and rapidly became popular. Albeit with it's deceptively simple lines it is a h...
View full detailsClark Layton Liverpool # DL 107
LIverpool - is a Canadian with an oval shank. Clark's take on the classic freshens it up with a shank is a little wider and the stem reflects the s...
View full detailsClark Layton Mini Magnum Volcano # DL 101
The large pieces that Clark occasionally does - when he has the blocks needed - shows his innate sense of proportion and balance. Making a ELX and ...
View full detailsClark Layton Liverpool # DL 110
The classic Liverpool is a close cousin to the Canadian. Long and slender with an Oval shank and traditionally - as this one - with a saddle stem....
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