Abe Herbaugh: Difference between revisions

Abe's early memories of rich pipe tobacco in the air, and the way a relative of his looked when he smoked it, kindled a desire within the youth to become a pipe smoker himself, in turn leading eventually to thoughts of trying his hand at the craft of creating them (no doubt given a boost when he purchased and beheld his first premium pipe from Rad Davis). In 2009, he began to make his own pipes. His first pipe was carved from a random block, utilized a pre-cut stem and was (in his words) "an unmitigated disaster". For his subsequent work, he used his father's fiddle workshop. Today Abe primarily crafts his pipes from Mimmo briar ("I have tried a few others, but I always wind up coming back to Mimmo"), hand-shapes his stems from ebonite, and drills his draft holes to 5/32". While his learning of the craft has been overwhelmingly autodidactic, Premal Cheda, having picked up one of Abe's pipes as an estate, thought that Abe had talent, and invited Herbaugh over for a few days to show him some of the tricks of the trade - an encounter which Abe says helped his progress immensely. We're quite excited about Abe Herbaugh's pipes. and predict naught but blue skies for this fine young artisan. ''Courtesy, [http://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/new/Abe-Herbaugh/index.cfm Smokingpipes.com]''

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