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== Who is this Jan Pietenpauw? == | == Who is this Jan Pietenpauw? == | ||
No, this is not quite true. Jan Pietenpauw did not carve Van Hunks' pipe, but he did create that famous calabash of one Sherlock Holmes! | "Who is Jan Pietenpauw?" you might ask. Well, let me tell you. Jan Pietenpauw is the Dutchman who carved Van Hunks' pipe. (Van Hunks was the fellow who beat the devil in a smoking contest whilst sitting on the slopes of Table Mountain in Cape Town many years ago. And sometimes, even to this day, the mountain is still covered in a cloud of smoke). | ||
No, this is not quite true. Jan Pietenpauw did not carve Van Hunks' pipe, but he did create that famous calabash of one Sherlock Holmes! | |||
Now for those of us who know, Sherlock Holmes never smoked a calabash. In fact, he never even existed!... and neither did Jan Pietenpauw! But in all legends, there has to be a hero. | Now for those of us who know, Sherlock Holmes never smoked a calabash. In fact, he never even existed!... and neither did Jan Pietenpauw! But in all legends, there has to be a hero. | ||
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And so, if I may offer some advice: buy a Jan Pietenpauw now. You will be getting a fine pipe and you do not have to be friends with the local loan shark. | And so, if I may offer some advice: buy a Jan Pietenpauw now. You will be getting a fine pipe and you do not have to be friends with the local loan shark. | ||
For surely, as the fame increases, so will the price and no collection is complete without a Pietenpauw! | For surely, as the fame increases, so will the price and no collection is complete without a Pietenpauw! | ||
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== Contact Information == | |||
Website: http://www.pietenpauw.co.za/ | |||
Email: mailto:jcdt1@absamail.co.za | |||
Email: mailto:pietenpauw@mweb.co.za | |||
Phone: +27 82 459 4475 | |||
[[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]] | |||
[[Category: South Africa]] | |||