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[[Yves Bäcksteiner]] was born in Switzerland and lives in Basel. He started smoking a pipe at the beginning of 2013 and was so enthusiastic about it that he made his first models in May of the same year. He writes the following: | [[Yves Bäcksteiner]] was born in Switzerland and lives in Basel. He started smoking a pipe at the beginning of 2013 and was so enthusiastic about it that he made his first models in May of the same year. He writes the following: | ||
[[File:YvesBacksteiner.jpg|thumb|Yves Bäcksteiner]] | [[File:YvesBacksteiner.jpg|thumb|Yves Bäcksteiner]][[File:Backsteiner-Yves-30jpg.jpg|thumb|The Black Opal pipe is a contrast bleached briar and bamboo pipe, with an ebonite stem. There are five different colors present.]][[File:Backsteiner-Yves-31.jpg|thumb|There is an asymmetrical bamboo shank with a titanium tube inside to strengthen it. The air hole is also asymmetrically drilled. The head of the pipe is 7.5 cm tall. The tobacco chamer is 2 cm deep and the diameter is 18mm.]] | ||
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Well, awhile later I was experimenting with a squat bull dog shape and I remembered seeing pipes of German pipemakers who had been bleaching their briar pipes. I wanted to make this, so I started experimenting with some chemicals. Well, this went wrong! The pipe was not white, it was black! | Well, awhile later I was experimenting with a squat bull dog shape and I remembered seeing pipes of German pipemakers who had been bleaching their briar pipes. I wanted to make this, so I started experimenting with some chemicals. Well, this went wrong! The pipe was not white, it was black! | ||
So, what should I do with this pipe? And I started playing with different rustications and the Archetype of the Sea Star Pipe was born! | So, what should I do with this pipe? And I started playing with different rustications and the Archetype of the Sea Star Pipe was born! The process to make this surface was so time consuming, that I only made 25 pieces of this pipe. But this shape, I loved and it was burned onto my heart. | ||
I also began to experiment with other shapes, and even smooth surfaces, completely crazy, I know because a wise man once said, sandpaper sucks! | I also began to experiment with other shapes, and even smooth surfaces, completely crazy, I know because a wise man once said, sandpaper sucks! | ||
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