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== Karlheinz Joura and His Love of Freedom == | == Karlheinz Joura and His Love of Freedom == | ||
'''Rick Newcombe, September 9th, 2015''' --''This story first appeared on | '''Rick Newcombe, September 9th, 2015''' --'''''This story first appeared on [http://pipesmagazine.com/blog/pipe-reviews-pipe-makers/karlheinz-joura-and-his-love-of-freedom/#more-9441 PipesMagazine.com], and is re-published here with permission of the author.''''' | ||
[[File:JouraStraightgrain1 02.jpg|thumb|left|400px|A beautiful Joura Straitgrain , | [[File:JouraStraightgrain1 02.jpg|thumb|left|400px|A beautiful Joura Straitgrain, from a recent catalog. Photo by Peter Frey: http://www.rehprodukt.de]]Karlheinz Joura is one of my favorite people in the pipe world. He is also a skilled artisan whose pipes are considered among the most beautiful and best smokers in the world. | ||
Known as Karlo to his friends and family, he has been making pipes from his workshop in Bremen, Germany, for more than 40 years. His dramatic personal story is unique among pipe makers today. Much has been written about Karlo’s life over the years, though many of the details have been left out of past reports. I have seen slight inaccuracies in some stories, including my own, due to translation issues, and I want to use this article to correct the record. For starters, there is his first name. We all assumed that "Heinz" was his middle name when in fact his first name is Karlheinz. | Known as Karlo to his friends and family, he has been making pipes from his workshop in Bremen, Germany, for more than 40 years. His dramatic personal story is unique among pipe makers today. Much has been written about Karlo’s life over the years, though many of the details have been left out of past reports. I have seen slight inaccuracies in some stories, including my own, due to translation issues, and I want to use this article to correct the record. For starters, there is his first name. We all assumed that "Heinz" was his middle name when in fact his first name is Karlheinz. | ||