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The love affair between Massimiliano (Max) and pipe smoking goes back to 1990 when he bought his first pipe. He realized right away that he had just found a long-term passion. At the center of his fascination, though, was the pipe itself, as an object. He was intrigued by how pipes were made, and so, he kept wondering what pipe making involved and whether or not he had it in him to actually make one according to his own imagination and personal preferences. Max was not surprised by how fascinated he was with a wooden pipe; you see, he had worked at his uncle's carpentry workshop every summer since he was 14 years old, and he was more than familiar with wood and woodworking. Once he managed to find the materials he needed to make his first pipe, he went to his uncle's workshop to see what would come out. At first, he was not very happy with the results, but he had already fallen in love with the process of making pipes, and so he knew that pipe making would become part of his life. | The love affair between Massimiliano (Max) and pipe smoking goes back to 1990 when he bought his first pipe. He realized right away that he had just found a long-term passion. At the center of his fascination, though, was the pipe itself, as an object. He was intrigued by how pipes were made, and so, he kept wondering what pipe making involved and whether or not he had it in him to actually make one according to his own imagination and personal preferences. | ||
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Max was not surprised by how fascinated he was with a wooden pipe; you see, he had worked at his uncle's carpentry workshop every summer since he was 14 years old, and he was more than familiar with wood and woodworking. Once he managed to find the materials he needed to make his first pipe, he went to his uncle's workshop to see what would come out. At first, he was not very happy with the results, but he had already fallen in love with the process of making pipes, and so he knew that pipe making would become part of his life. | |||
After his initial experiments, Max wasted no time in improving his skills and increasing his knowledge of every aspect of pipe making. He visited every briar mill, workshop, pipe maker, and tobacco store he managed to locate. In the meantime, he started building a whole collection of sketches and pipe designs based on his own observations, and more importantly, his imagination. | After his initial experiments, Max wasted no time in improving his skills and increasing his knowledge of every aspect of pipe making. He visited every briar mill, workshop, pipe maker, and tobacco store he managed to locate. In the meantime, he started building a whole collection of sketches and pipe designs based on his own observations, and more importantly, his imagination. | ||
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filled with a Golden Virginia tobacco. | filled with a Golden Virginia tobacco. | ||
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Rimensi Massimiliano | Rimensi Massimiliano | ||
Via Ermes Dal Vecchio,29 | Via Ermes Dal Vecchio,29 | ||