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'''From Rad's website [http://raddavispipes.com/index.htm]''' | '''From Rad's website [http://raddavispipes.com/index.htm]''' | ||
I have been smoking (off and on) and collecting (continuously) pipes since the early 1970,s. They have always fascinated me. My very first pipe was a Pioneer Calabash that I bought in a department store in the early 70's while I was in college in Sacramento, California. My second pipe during that same period was a Nording free hand that I got for $20.00 plus a coupon from the back of an Amphora Pipe Tobacco package. The coupon was introducing this new young Danish pipe maker to the U.S. market. I still have both pipes. | [[Image:raddavis5.jpg|thumb|300px|Rad Davis Smooth Bent Egg, courtesy of [http://smokingpipes.com/pipes/new/rad-davis/]Smokingpipes.com]]I have been smoking (off and on) and collecting (continuously) pipes since the early 1970,s. They have always fascinated me. My very first pipe was a Pioneer Calabash that I bought in a department store in the early 70's while I was in college in Sacramento, California. My second pipe during that same period was a Nording free hand that I got for $20.00 plus a coupon from the back of an Amphora Pipe Tobacco package. The coupon was introducing this new young Danish pipe maker to the U.S. market. I still have both pipes. | ||
I met Mark Tinsky several years ago in the internet when I was in need of a pipe repair, and from his site I found that he was a fly fisherman. I am a fly fishing guide in Montana and a commercial fly tier, and we ended up trading some flies for pipe repair. Last spring, I was in need of a pipe repair again, and when I found Mark's site, I saw that he had a new address in Helena, Montana, where I live and guide during the summer! We got together after I arrived for the season and did some fishing together , and he showed me his shop, and even made me a nice bent Rhodesian pipe while I watched. It's become one of my favorite pipes, dedicated to Mac Baren Navy Flake. | I met Mark Tinsky several years ago in the internet when I was in need of a pipe repair, and from his site I found that he was a fly fisherman. I am a fly fishing guide in Montana and a commercial fly tier, and we ended up trading some flies for pipe repair. Last spring, I was in need of a pipe repair again, and when I found Mark's site, I saw that he had a new address in Helena, Montana, where I live and guide during the summer! We got together after I arrived for the season and did some fishing together , and he showed me his shop, and even made me a nice bent Rhodesian pipe while I watched. It's become one of my favorite pipes, dedicated to Mac Baren Navy Flake. | ||