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• Tokyo 2018: pipes show and incredible dreams

  novembre 30, 2018

  When you eventually land at Narita airport, you realise that, despite all the information you collected before your departure, nothing could prepare you to what you are going to find... read more→

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• BRIAR LOG: unusual in depth-analysis

  ottobre 6, 2018

  At least once in their lives, pipemakers and pipe smokers have been looking up information in the net about Erica arborea (tree heath). Who has never done it, believe they... read more→

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• How to create the greatest pipes show in the world

  maggio 29, 2016

    The first time you go to the Chicago Pipes Show, you cannot avoid seeing a group of older people unendingly moving through the Pheasant Resort looking like the have... read more→

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• INTER-TABAC: Tobacco capitalism and “Hallway 7.06”

  settembre 30, 2015

  If you happen to go to Dortmund in September and you are willing to pay € 19 entry (sic!), you could visit Inter-tabac, the greatest international tobacco fair in Europe. read more→

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• Tribulations of an aspiring pipemaker

  luglio 13, 2015

  “It is much better to see a thing one single time with your own eyes than to hear about it one hundred times read more→

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• On the pipes show of St Petersburg 2014

  dicembre 17, 2014

  I dial 1399, but the doorway doesn’t open. I try again, pushing the buttons with more energy. Here it is, green light, the old doorway gets open and now it’s... read more→

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• On the 40th anniversary of Tom Eltang

  settembre 27, 2014

  For his party Tom didn’t send out formal invitations. He announced via his website that anyone who wished to celebrate with him was welcome to attend the party. read more→

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• The wave on my smoking pipes

  luglio 9, 2014

  It is strange that no one ever asked me why I have chosen a wave as a logo for my tobacco pipes, and why I put a Lao Tzu aphorism... read more→

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• Pipes, meditation and the “Karin law”

  maggio 22, 2014

  Inhaling smoke induces a certain type of breathing, similar to that of some yoga exercises outlined by Pranayama, the art of breathing.   read more→

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• One of my pipes in a web series

  maggio 19, 2014

  If you like the photos on my website, you should all applaud Alessandro Garraffa, a young graphic designer and director as well as my wine tasting companion and good friend. read more→

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