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I was born and live in Croatia. I have been engaged in pipe making for fifteen years and in the enjoyment of pipe smoking for the last thirty-five years. A few years ago I got to know my present companion, Darko, top master carpenter, who for some time now has been collecting and processing semi-petrified oak wood (abonos, bog-aok, Mooreiche, morta). | I was born and live in Croatia. I have been engaged in pipe making for fifteen years and in the enjoyment of pipe smoking for the last thirty-five years. A few years ago I got to know my present companion, Darko, top master carpenter, who for some time now has been collecting and processing semi-petrified oak wood (abonos, bog-aok, Mooreiche, morta). | ||
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As a result of our collaboration, pipes made of this material also started to come to life. As expected, like any hobby pipe maker, I | As a result of our collaboration, pipes made of this material also started to come to life. As expected, like any hobby pipe maker, I began working in briar, mostly from the Adriatic coast, I followed working in olive wood, and now, as a peak, in morta (in pipe smoker's world this type of material is commonly termed morta). As a principle, I do not sell pipes, but rather I enjoy in presenting them as a gift to my friends. My domicile country is rich in natural resources of all materials of which pipes are made nowadays (briar, olive-wood), while in history it was one of the largest manufacturers of clay pipes. So in Croatia top briar, olive-wood, and various sorts (colors) of morta, including "golden", "copper", and black, can be found. Currently I am preparing "red" and "blue" morta, as a very rare kind. | ||
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Unfortunately, these days the tradition of pipe smoking in the whole world has been reduced to a smaller number of enthusiasts, a few of whom regularly meet in our Society and Club in Zagreb. I am also president of Association of Pipe smokers "Lula" (Pipe). And just to mention, in a "real" life I am a manager in a foreign company's branch in Croatia. | Unfortunately, these days the tradition of pipe smoking in the whole world has been reduced to a smaller number of enthusiasts, a few of whom regularly meet in our Society and Club in Zagreb. I am also president of Association of Pipe smokers "Lula" (Pipe). And just to mention, in a "real" life I am a manager in a foreign company's branch in Croatia. | ||