Welcome to Proto Pipe




A 50-Year Legacy
- Words by Phil Jergenson
In 1968, I had one of those Eureka moments a few months after my first puff of that magic medicine. Gadgets were in; James Bond had them, how about one for us? How about a special pipe designed to do only one thing perfectly: smoke! A pipe designed with the right tools, like a poker! Car keys don’t work for that. How about a permanent screen? While I’m designing this, it needs cleanable tar trap. And just to make it the ultimate pipe, how about adding a storage pod? My mind took off with the ideas, so off I went chasing my pipe dream.
Proto Prints Collection
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Hand-Crafted
Each pipe is carefully drilled and assembled by hand, creating a custom and unique piece that will last generations.
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Artistically Inspired
An aesthetically pleasing and compact piece perfectly fit for the casual toker to the highest of connoisseurs.
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American Made
Our products are intelligently designed and lovingly crafted in the heart of Mendocino County, USA.
How To Clean A Proto Pipe
It's Not Just Us...

L.A. Times
- By Adam Tschorn
I needed answers. My hunt to find the backstory of the perfect pot pipe
"If you invent something that becomes known as the Swiss Army knife of pot pipes, a virtually indestructible, highly designed 4 ounces of brass called the Proto Pipe that sells more than 1.5 million units to generations of stoners, you’d expect the world to beat a path to your door. (You know, that whole “build a better mousetrap” thing.) So why was I the only one who’d found my way to the doorstep of a dusty industrial park just off the main drag in Willits?"