Pipe Smokers in Action Friends' Album

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This page is dedicated to the brave, pipe smoking souls who have decided to share their photo with the world! These are all dear friends, who are so serious and passionate about pipe smoking. I am very proud and grateful that they have let me present their photos on my site.

If you are interested to join us on this page, please send me a photo, with the full name, location, info. on the pipe in the photo, tobacco being smoked, and any comment you would like me to include. Please send the material via e-mail.

	A.  Corsellini	A.  Galli	A.  Henninger	A.  Kalliokoski	Bill Blevins	C.  Lodi
	E.  Fjeldvig	G.  Fidias	J.  Andersson	J.  Davis	J.  Folloder	J.  Slabbert
	J. Thomassen	K.  Franceschi	K. Grova	M. Bragaglia	M. Colafranceschi	M.  Glukler
	M. Micev	M. Tombari	P.  Tatum	R. Koori	R. Schafer	T.  Pentikainen
	T.  Smith	W. Carow	W.  Gerz

 

Name: Alessandro Corsellini From: Florence, Italy Pipe:   A smooth natural finish Corsellini freehand, with an Army Mount, a special Florence-style silver band and an Amber-like Plexiglass handcut mouthpiece. Tobacco: Balkan Sobranie Originial Smoking Mixture (my all-time favorite). Alessandro's Comment: This photo was taken at a special party and get-together for pipe smokers in the "Cafe' Margherita" in a small sea-side Italian city. This annual event is called "Premio Liberty", which takes place during a famous Italian carnival.

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Name: Alessandro Galli From: Milan, Italy Pipe:   Savinelli Silver. Tobaccos: Skandinavik mixture – Ashton type 5 – Sweet Vanilla – Peterson Irish Oak Alessandro's Comment:  ----

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Name: Antti Kalliokoski From: Finland Pipe:   Tilshead Canadian, wow! For a closer view of the pipe, click HERE to see it on my homepage. Tobacco: Escudo (A&C Petersen's) Antti's Comment: My good friend Tapio gave this great smoking pipe as a present and it is among my top ten smokers. My warmest thanks to Tarek for his excellent site and the wonderful job he does for the pipe smoking community.

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Name: Bill Blevins From: MO, USA Pipe:  Don Fuhr 1/4 bent straight grain egg Tobacco: Bob Schafer's Shortcut to Mushrooms. Bill's Comment: "I have a lot of class even if it is all third."

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Name: Art Henninger From: TN, USA Pipe: One Note Smooth Don Carlos Bulldog Tobacco: Schürch"s Tarek Robusto

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Name: Carlo Lodi From: Venice, Italy Pipe: Savinelli Giubileo D'Oro Tobacco: A Schürch English mixture, made exclusively for the "Confraternità Italiana della pipa e del fumo sapiente". Carlo's Comment: This photo was taken during one of my most enjoyable pipe smoking moments: On the porch of my house, one summer evening, before dinner and in the company of some of my pipe smoking friends, members of the Fenice Pipe Club, as well as Franz Zehentner, the president of the Pipe Club of Villach (Austria) and members of his club.

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Name: Einar Fjeldvig From: Århus, Denmark Pipe: A "Idskov" - danish handmade by my very good friend, Carsten Idskov. Tobacco: "Fjeldvig mixture no.1" - blended for me, by W.Ø.Larsen in Copenhagen! It is a medium strengh Latakia! Einar's Comment: This photo was taken during one of my most enjoyable pipe smoking moments: The picture taken in a little, tiny fotobox on Århus railwaystation this summer of-O2. I think the pipe is very good! A strong shape, well drilled, so it`s a fine, fine smoker. I have now 8 "Idskov".More will come! Carsten made pipes as hobby!He started just about 10 months ago! If you want to hear more about "Idskov" pipes, or the tobacco, you can have my e-mail from Tarek! All pipesmokers - Relax with your pipes!

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Name: George Fidias From: Patras, Greece Pipe: Butz-Choquin, Brasilia Tobacco: Dunhill, Standard Mixture Medium

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Name: Jan Andersson From: Tyringe, Sweden Pipe: A Bulldog made by Peter Hedegaard Tobacco: Peterson´s Old Dublin Jan's Comment: The picture was taking during a meeting and pipe auction arranged by the Pipe Club of Sweden. I send my best regards to all pipe smoking friends around the world. Fraternally/Jan

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Name: Joe Thomassen From: Alabama, USA Pipe: Chacom billiard Tobacco: Captain Black Blue Joe's Comment: Warmest greetings to all my pipesmoking bretheren! I've been a devoted pipeman for 25 years. This photo was taken near my hunting camp in the Alabama woods. The Chacom was one of many French pipes I purchased on a pilgrimage to St. Claude, France in 1992. It was an eleven hour train trip from Toulouse but well worth the travel time!

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Name: Jeff Folloder From: TX, USA Pipe: A Dunhill ODA TLY in Shell finish (no one has been able to tell me what TLY stands for, but this is, essentially, a huge 5102). Tobacco: Mr. Alfred's Own from the London shop Jeff's Comment: The picture is about a year and a half old and falsely portrays a more youthful appearance than I actually have today. I now sport a goatee that is decidedly gray. In any event, I raise a wee dram of Scotch in honor of pipe smokers everywhere!

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Name: Johan Slabbert From: South Africa Pipe: An "Oom Paul" type, wild olive and created by myself Tobacco: Bass Rum and Honey with a little bit of Cherry Cavendish. Johan's Comment: The photo was taken in my workplace cum smokers emporium.

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Name: John Davis From: OK, USA Pipe: Pre-Republic Peterson Shamrock Billiard Tobacco: State Express Roundels John's Comment: This is a picture of me (guess which one) and our close family friend Eddie Lavers from Waltham Abby, taken on our trip to England in May. We were in Kendal visiting the Gawith Hoggarth factory. During that trip the merchants kept speaking English to us . I suppose the hat and pipe made me look more English than American. They say England and America are two countries separated by a common language.

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Name: Kendal Franceschi From: TN, USA Pipe: Tan Rusticated Cavicchi ©© Cutty Tobacco:   Kendal's Comment: Hiya' Guys That's Norman and me. I'm the one in the hat.

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Name: Kito Grova From: Portugal Pipe: K&F Peterson Tobacco: Best of Show”, McClelland Kito's Comment: My name is Kito Grova and I am Portuguese 48 years old. Maybe I am the last of the pipe smoking Portuguese, because I know absolutely no one else who does it in my country. Sometimes I feel kind of lonely. In the photo I was visiting Caroline (my princess) in the US. It was taken in Virginia Beach in February of 2005 with my back to the Ocean. The Pipe is my favourite Classic Shape K&F Peterson and I was smoking “Best of Show” from McClelland which I had bought in Charlottesville a few days earlier.

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Name: Marcio U. Bragaglia From: Florianopolis, Brazil Pipe: JOBERT freehand, specially designed by Johan Slabbert. Tobacco: Rattray's Marlin Flake. Marcio's Comment: This photo was taken at my study room at home, while I was reading Umberto Eco's "Como se fa una tesi de laurea", getting ready for my next one. I'm a huge fan of classic english and balkan blends, but a high quality VA flake like Marlin is just great for slow smoking while reading and thinking. It smokes great in this amazing Jobert pipe.

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Name: Maurizio Colafranceschi From: Florence, Italy Pipe: An astonishing Don Carlos "Fiammata" two notes Tobacco: Schuerch Don Carlos or J.J. Fox's Banker's tobaccos. Latakia lover. Maurizio's Comment: This picture was recently taken in the library of my department (Pathology) just to let me look more serious than I usually am (not prettiest, unfortunately!). Please, don't tell people that I am piping in the Hospital.

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Name: Mihail Micev From: Sofia, Bulgaria Pipe: Mauro Armellini - ''Freeform Dublin''. Tobacco: Thomas Radford - ''Sunday's Fantasy'' is my favorite tobacco. Mihail's Comment: This is my first bought pipe from Tarek Manadily, but this pipe will not be last.

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Name: Maurizio Tombari From: Pesaro, Italy Pipe: One of my "Le Nuvole" Christmas 2000 pipes. Tobacco: A "secret" Schuerch mixture, with Latakia. Maurizio's Comment: This photo was taken by my friend Tarek, in my place, around midnight. Tarek had kindly brought me a trial Schürch mixture, which I find excellent.

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Name: Michael Glukler From: Canada Pipe: Castello Sea Rock KK bent Bulldog Tobacco: McClellands #2015 Michael's Comment: It was taken at last year's Chicago Show [2000]. The focus is fuzzy. Oh well I was not the photographer.. ;) We were all feeling a little fuzzy sitting in the restaurant that morning...

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Name: Paul Tatum From: NC, USA Pipe: Dunhill Shilling Grain straight billiard Tobacco: Dunhill London Mixture Paul's Comment: It is a picture of me in Venice next to "Noah's Drunkenness" with the Bridge of Sighs in the background . During that trip the merchants kept speaking German to us . I suppose the sideburns and mustache made me look more German than American .That coupled with my wifes Sardinian accented Italian really confused people and we got treated a little better than usual .

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Name: Ryan "Peaches" Koory From: Springfield Mo USA Pipe: Ser Jacapo S2 3/4 Bent Billard Tobacco: Lane's BLWB Ryan's Comment: Bob Schafer smokes Mixure 79, and likes it.

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Name: Robert "Safari Bob" Schafer From: Lubbock Texas USA Pipe: Ser Jacapo L1 Billiard Tobacco: Mac Baren Virginia Flake Bob's Comment: Bill Blevins smokes Prince Albert "in the can."

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Name: Tapio Pentikainen From: Finland, gone fishing, summer -98 Pipe: Jirsa sandblast ring-grain pot. Sturdy and bomb proof construction. Tobacco: J.J. Fox's Banker's Tobacco. One of the few Latakia blends that I really like. Tapio's Comment: Photo taken by Antti K. , a devoted trout fisher and pipesmoker like me. Thanks Tarek for this site, may the trolls never haunt you !

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Name: Toren and Tomoko Smith (plus P-Nut the rat) From: Canada and Japan, presently in San Francisco Pipe: A volcano, of course! Tobacco: The REAL Arcadia Toren's Comment: I didn't have an actual photo handy, so here's a picture Tomoko drew for our Xmas card one year.

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Name: Winni Carow From: Munich, Germany Pipe: Slabbert Tobacco: "Huber in Munich" DIABLO NERO Winni's Comment: I love the pipe from Winslow and Slabbert (I've visited him in Capetown).

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Name: Wolfgang Gerz From: Düsseldorf, Germany Pipe: A Bo Nordh freehand with a bamboo shank. Tobacco: Three Nuns Wolfgang's Comment : Normally I look as 38 years old but because I smoke 8 pipes a day I look like 58 !!

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