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'''Vladimir Grechukhin "The “Mind, Honour and Conscience” of Pipe Design in Russia" ''' ''(article from [http://www.cigarclan.com/ Cigar Clan Magazine]'' | '''Vladimir Grechukhin "The “Mind, Honour and Conscience” of Pipe Design in Russia" ''' ''(article from [http://www.cigarclan.com/ Cigar Clan Magazine])'' | ||
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In the Grechukhins’ flat, the smell of tobacco is barely perceptible. For sometime now the head of the family has preferred the non-aromatized types of tobacco and, apart from him, no one else in the flat smokes. It’s a typical flat in a typical dormer suburb of St. Petersburg. From outside, you would never guess that this was the home of Russia’s chief master pipe-maker (the title is unofficial, but for many years it has been beyond doubt and disputed by no one), and only a couple of dozen briar pipes found in one of the rooms without any of the reverence due to their origins provide a slight hint as to the profession of the head of this household... | In the Grechukhins’ flat, the smell of tobacco is barely perceptible. For sometime now the head of the family has preferred the non-aromatized types of tobacco and, apart from him, no one else in the flat smokes. It’s a typical flat in a typical dormer suburb of St. Petersburg. From outside, you would never guess that this was the home of Russia’s chief master pipe-maker (the title is unofficial, but for many years it has been beyond doubt and disputed by no one), and only a couple of dozen briar pipes found in one of the rooms without any of the reverence due to their origins provide a slight hint as to the profession of the head of this household... | ||
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No, the real connection came a bit later. What happened was that during the 1970s my mother worked as a fire service inspector, and her area of duty included the arts workshops in the Smolensk District of St. Petersburg. One day, she got a visit from the legendary Alexei Borisovitch Fyodorov for permission to open a pipe-making workshop. At the time, I was eighteen years old, had finished my schooling and was trying to get a place at the Mukhina Academy, but failed the selection board. So my mother asked Fyodorov whether he would consider taking me on as a pupil. And, as it happened, Fydorov was looking for two apprentices. | No, the real connection came a bit later. What happened was that during the 1970s my mother worked as a fire service inspector, and her area of duty included the arts workshops in the Smolensk District of St. Petersburg. One day, she got a visit from the legendary Alexei Borisovitch Fyodorov for permission to open a pipe-making workshop. At the time, I was eighteen years old, had finished my schooling and was trying to get a place at the Mukhina Academy, but failed the selection board. So my mother asked Fyodorov whether he would consider taking me on as a pupil. And, as it happened, Fydorov was looking for two apprentices. | ||
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'''He took you on without any selection process?''' | '''He took you on without any selection process?''' | ||
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At the end of his life he put the triple stamp on everything. | At the end of his life he put the triple stamp on everything. | ||
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'''And you?''' | '''And you?''' | ||