Ted "T-Bear" Haviland

Ted, known to his pipe-smoking friends as "T-Bear," is a mechanical design drafter from Missouri, U.S.A., and has been smoking the pipe since he was 16. A proud grandfather to twenty-four grandchildren, Ted is now learning the fine art of pipecarving. The freehand pipe in the photo above is his creation, so make no mistake, the man knows his pipe inside out! Ted believes that as the world is getting smaller, one's duty, especially a pipesmoker's, is to know one's neighbours better. Pipes and tobacco are "a cultural focal point that people of all cultures, races or religions can relate to and use as a common ground for understanding." From knowing comes understanding, and from understanding comes the feeling of brotherhood to all, so dear to the brothers and sisters of the briar. Ted's favourite tobaccos are Penzance, Frog Morton on the Bayou, and Squadron Leader. Always in search of the perfect pipe and tobacco, Ted hopes never to find them...