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'''Altınay Pipe Ltd.''' was founded in Eskisehir/Turkey in 1964 by Necdet | '''Altınay Pipe Ltd.''' was founded in Eskisehir/Turkey in 1964 by Necdet ALTINAY, when 23 years old, as a small meerschaum carving workshop. | ||
Altinay carved his first meerschaum pipe at 14 years of age. | Altinay carved his first meerschaum pipe at 14 years of age. | ||
The master carver Necdet ALTINAY has trained other carvers of repute including Nedim Altınay(son) and Said ALTINAY(grandson), who trained under him. | |||
ALTINAY sells pipes for export, made by a number of carvers in their own workshop. | |||
They currently produce pipes with their own brand '' | |||
They currently produce pipes with their own brand ''ALTINAY'' besides ''[[Andreas Bauer]]'', ''[[Rattray's]]'' line of meerschaum pipes as well. | |||
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