Welcome to the home site of the We currently have  905 Members! Updated 9 October, 2008
"If you have one pipe, you're a pipe smoker.  If you have two pipes, you're a collector."

History and Scope of the Club:

      The North American Society of Pipe Collectors was founded after a long evening spent over a pot of good coffee and more than a bowl or two of good tobacco.  Phil Bradford and Regis McCafferty decided that a club was needed in Ohio to promote pipe smoking, information sharing, knowledge of tobaccos, and fellowship with other pipe smokers.  The club would share information via a newsletter, be open to all, and hold at least one show each year.  The club was founded in 1994 as the Ohio Pipe Collectors. In March of 1997, the club had grown to include members from 28 states and Canada, and the Board decided that a new name more appropriately reflecting the scope of the membership was called for.  The name was changed to the North American Society of Pipe Collectors. The club continues today, working to promote pipe smoking, sharing of information, and fellowship.

    View the charter of the North American Society of Pipe Collectors:
    View a list of shops that offer discounts  to NASPC members:
    Membership details & application form:
    Stuff for Sale From NASPC
    New NASPC Resource Guide  
    A HISTORY OF NASPC PIPES  
    2009 NASPC Club Pipe by Northern Briars  

Calendar of Upcoming Events:
(Pipe show hosts should email Charles with full information if you want a flyer posted here!)

     Do *you* want to write an interesting article for The Pipe Collector?
Feel free to submit your article to Bill Unger: Bill.


NASPC Web Site Links:

Books by NASPC Members:

  Bill Unger's Book Covering the History of Custom-Built Pipes Now Available
  Rick Newcombe's Book "In Search of Pipe Dreams" Now Available
  The History of the Calabash Pipe by Gary Schrier

Club Officers and Board Members: