Gloredo works solely with the finest seasoned Mediterranean briar, most of them plateaux, in making our pipes. German ebonite or acrylic, as well as Delrin, are used, for crafting mouthpieces and tenons respectively. We also choose a wide array of complimentary natural material, such as buffalo horns, bamboos, and sterling silver, gold, jade, selected animal bone, as well as teeth, in adorning our pipes.

Each Gloredo pipe is created, only by hand, following the ancient Yin-yang philosophy. Both well-considering the briar itself and our inclination for a proper, aesthetically pleasing shape, we do not go either extreme of allowing the grains of the wood completely dictate the shape, as opposed to blind-folding ourselves without respecting the briar.

After carefully observing the unique characteristics of the briar block,  predicting the traits beneath with experience and instincts, we begin to unravel the block into a pipe, with brains, with adroit hands, and with our hearts. We use simple tools, mostly medieval hand tools such as a small band saw, files in various specifications, and sand papers from 200 through 2000 grits, after drilling the chamber, mortise,  and the dead-centered airway, with an old-fashioned lathe. We do not take mouthpieces lightly since we believe in that a good stem contributes at least half of a handmade pipe's entire value. Painstakingly while rewarding, a well made mouthpiece

gradually comes into being, from a raw solid rod. For the ones deserve to bear the Gloredo name,  we combine briar and another devoted material, into a Taichi totem, which stands for Yin-yang, and further inlay the mosaic into the stem by hand. Finally, we finish the pipe with alcohol-based stains, natural dyes, and a combination of proprietary ingredients, then carnauba wax it, in bringing a new smoking beauty, with her own soul and characteristics, into life.