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== '''Konstantinos Anastasopoulos ''Handmade'' Smoking Pipes''' ==


My name is Konstantinos Anastasopoulos and I live in Athens, Greece.
Much in the same manner as many of today’s top carving talents, Anastasopoulos entered pipe making as a hobby; in his particular case he had scoured local stores in
I have studied fine arts and graphic design. I am a painter with some solo and group exhibitions arround Greece. I started pipe carving in 2011 with Kostas Gourvelos, as my teacher.
order to find a briar suited to his smoking habits and personal style (small in size and modernist in execution), and, upon coming up empty-handed, decided to try his hand
I make handcrafted smoking pipes made of the best possible Greek briar, but also looking for best qualities from other countries as Spain and Italy. For the stems, the finest german acrylic or ebonite are used. Furthermore, playing around with other insert elements as exotic woods and rings are an insiration.
at creating one. Many a carver’s first attempt at making a pipe, by their own admission, was a disaster, but Konstantinos’ turned out encouragingly well — with his only
The most importand fact, in the smoking pipe, you will enjoying, is the inner architecture and drilling, that provides the most pleasurable smoking experience, in combination with the best briar.
negative self-evaluations being that he should have spent the money to obtain better briar, and that he needed a mentor to hone his technique. He found that teacher in  
Besides the classic shapes and their variations, I like to make some more artistic designs and I always try to make them as beautifull as I can.
Kostas Gourvelos, and never looked back. Quite the contrary, after Kostas taught him the basics, Konstantinos traveled to Denmark and learned many aspects of the craft
from the likes of Tom Eltang, Poul Ilsted, Manduela, Nanna Ivarsson, Tao and Former.


K. Anastasopoulos
Konstantinos employs only the finest Grecian briar and German ebonite in his craft, all of his stems are hand carved, and he places his highest priority on creating a pipe
that will deliver an unsurpassed smoking experience. In addition to his initials within a rectangle, you will also find a four or five digit code on the stamping panel, with the last two representing the year of production. Thus (say) a code of 0613 indicates the sixth pipe he created in 2013.


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You might also enjoy reading the Bear Graves Interview: [http://www.smokingpipes.com/smokingpipesblog/single.cfm/post/meet-konstantinos-anastasopoulos Meet Konstantinos Anastasopoulos]
 
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'''Contact Information''':  
'''Contact Information''':  
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E-mail: artisventus@gmail.com         
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[http://www.kapipes.gr/ Anastasopoulos Pipes Official Site]
  E-mail: artisventus@gmail.com         
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[http://www.kapipes.gr/ Anastasopoulos Pipes Official Site]
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Latest revision as of 15:35, 25 April 2017

Mr. K. Anastasopoulos

In addition to being a talented pipe carver, Athenian Konstantinos Anastasopoulos has an extensive background in fine arts & graphic design and is a painter who can boast several solo and group exhibitions through Greece.

Much in the same manner as many of today’s top carving talents, Anastasopoulos entered pipe making as a hobby; in his particular case he had scoured local stores in order to find a briar suited to his smoking habits and personal style (small in size and modernist in execution), and, upon coming up empty-handed, decided to try his hand at creating one. Many a carver’s first attempt at making a pipe, by their own admission, was a disaster, but Konstantinos’ turned out encouragingly well — with his only negative self-evaluations being that he should have spent the money to obtain better briar, and that he needed a mentor to hone his technique. He found that teacher in Kostas Gourvelos, and never looked back. Quite the contrary, after Kostas taught him the basics, Konstantinos traveled to Denmark and learned many aspects of the craft from the likes of Tom Eltang, Poul Ilsted, Manduela, Nanna Ivarsson, Tao and Former.

Konstantinos employs only the finest Grecian briar and German ebonite in his craft, all of his stems are hand carved, and he places his highest priority on creating a pipe that will deliver an unsurpassed smoking experience. In addition to his initials within a rectangle, you will also find a four or five digit code on the stamping panel, with the last two representing the year of production. Thus (say) a code of 0613 indicates the sixth pipe he created in 2013.

You might also enjoy reading the Bear Graves Interview: Meet Konstantinos Anastasopoulos



Photos by Al Pascià Srl, Milano, Italy






Contact Information:

K.Anastasopoulos_logo

 E-mail: artisventus@gmail.com        
Anastasopoulos Pipes Official Site