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Although Cellini offered a very small variety of brands by other makers, their primary business was selling their own pipes made in their Chicago factory. Art Silber (also known as the "Art of pipe smoking"), who made pipes himself once upon a time, employed his own pipemakers (with "Primo Polidori", former factory supervisor of the Chicago Dr. Grabow/Linkman factory, being the most recognizable name). The company was Victory Pipe Craftsmen, (Victory Pipe Craftsmen Inc. was the actual corporate name for "Cellini of Chicago") The most experienced pipemaker there was '''Primo Polidori'''. | Although Cellini offered a very small variety of brands by other makers, their primary business was selling their own pipes made in their Chicago factory. Art Silber (also known as the "Art of pipe smoking"), who made pipes himself once upon a time, employed his own pipemakers (with "Primo Polidori", former factory supervisor of the Chicago Dr. Grabow/Linkman factory, being the most recognizable name). The company was Victory Pipe Craftsmen, (Victory Pipe Craftsmen Inc. was the actual corporate name for "Cellini of Chicago") The most experienced pipemaker there was '''Primo Polidori'''. | ||
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