Dr. Bob, a Pipester or better yet a pipestar...

Bob Keys, best know as Dr. Bob, because he is a doctor, a happy physician who enjoys a great pipeful. So much so that he makes makes the most beautiful pipes!

At the last Pipe Club meeting in Boca Raton Florida, Dr. Bob was described as being one of the
best pipemakers to "rusticate".  A gentle man from Vermont, land of the beautiful Maple trees,
told us of his professors from Medical school, weaving in and out from the different classes with sometimes a pipe clenched in their mouths or cradled in their pockets alongside  their tobacco pouches.
Podcast, Jim Interviews Dr. Bob

Dr. Bob had always loved Briar pipes, starting with his grandfather's and then his chemistry professor. Believing that people had their heads screwed on straight in those days... lol He then saw an add by our dear Mimo from Italy ( just the best briar seller in Italy!) and bought the advertised kit and started making his pipes.
As he started this new hobby, Dr. Bob discovered the passion for nor only appreciating them but, of making them! He received accolades from fellow pipe makers for his rustication techniques and his designs.

The silver work on his pipes is all hand done in his shop in the Vermont woods. An amazing and inspiring place to work at. The briar in all his pipes is aged Grecian or Italian Briar