A GIFT FROM PATAGONIA
Last year (2019), on a mild June afternoon, I got a weird phone call from a woman with a strong Neapolitan accent. The lady was hosting in her B&B two... read more→
Dealers
My international dealers are:
eddie wong (careueddiewong@yahoo.com)
20015 Parabiago (MI) Italia
Via Legnano, 33
tel: 0331554128
email: contact@tabaccheriatoto13.com
www.tabaccheriatoto13.it
Mr Brog pipes shop
You can buy my pipes also at the tobacconist Riggio in Palermo. If you can go into his tobacco shop, it will be a wonderful opportunity to meet Carlo, the amiable owner, and take a walk through the shelves filled with beautiful objects.
Last Posts
PRAISE TO THE SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX
Some time ago, I happened to read an article about the results of an international research titled Somatosensory cortex efficiently processes touch located beyond the body. Published on a prestigious magazine of... read more→
Tokyo 2018: pipes show and incredible dreams
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→
BRIAR LOG: unusual in depth-analysis
At least once in their lives, pipemakers and pipe smokers have been looking up information in the net about Erica arborea (tree heath). read more→
How to create the greatest pipes show in the world
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→
INTER-TABAC: Tobacco capitalism and “Hallway 7.06”
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→
Tribulations of an aspiring pipemaker
“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→
On the pipes show of St Petersburg 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→
On the 40th anniversary of Tom Eltang
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→
The wave on my smoking pipes
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→
