About SASHA Pipes

My name is Alexandr Bondarev. I live in Riga, Latvia, and I am a smoking pipe maker. I made my first smoking pipe in spring 2011, and soon it became my favorite hobby and then my main work.

7 years I sold my pipes under Bondarev brand, and made just few pipes per month. My aim is to have absolutely no dissatisfied clients. I am sure every my pipe is technically perfect, so even very strict smoker will not find any disadvantages. Bondarev pipes are pipes with perfect engineering and accurate drilling, they are made of very tasty briar from the onlyailed tries to work with others. More than half of my works sell to my constant clients, some of them have 10 Bondarev pipes or even more.

In 2018 I started a new project — affordable handmade smoking pipes SASHA. The idea is to lower prices, but not to lower the quality. My aim is to offer the same perfect pipes as Bondarev pipes, but just for 150-200€. Why I do it? Firstly, because Russian ruble has significantly felt after 2014, and some of my constant clients can't afford Bondarev pipes any more, but they still want to buy them. So, I must offer them something more affordable.

How can I reach such a low price? I decided absolutely not to lower the quality, not to use fabric mouthpieces. SASHA pipes ar as perfect as Bondarev pipes are. I use the same tasty briar from the same supplier, I make the same handy mouthpieces with wide V-slot and polished bore, I still throw out any wrong-drilled stummel. I just take briar blocks with less tight grain, and choose more simple shapes.

So, that's a great way to save money for you! Just for 200€ or even less you get a fully handmade smoking pipe, wich will give you many hours of good smoke.