Ismet Bekler was a prolific and popular carver. He began carving in the early 1970’s. Bekler is known as one of the best carvers in the history of Turkish Meerschaum. Master carver Bekler passed away in 2018 at the age of 84.
In 1980, the CAO Meerschaum Company contracted with Bekler to sell all of his carvings to them. CAO wanted to make Bekler a more well-known carver in the US and it was at this time he began signing his pipes.
The Bekler Collection on The Right Pipe were part of a private collection. All are unsmoked. Many have their original CAO acrylic stems and original cases. Several cases are not original because they were lost when the collection was sold.
