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Guido shared the following recollections of his visits with Ron at the shop: | |||
<blockquote>"I purchased many freehands from Ron when he had his store. The attached photos are not only good examples of his higher-end work, they were specially crafted for me. You will see on Photo 5c the stamp "SK" he used that for some of his high-end pipes. | |||
In the front of the Sovereign Pipe and Tobacco Store, Ron set up a very nice lounge area where customers would sit and have a pipe full. The area was complete with bookcases containing the entire collection of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes books in addition to other books on the subjects of pipes and tobacco. | |||
On three occasions, Ron and I relaxed in the lounge area while I described the shape of a pipe I wanted. He would then sketch out my dream pipe and in a few days, I had the pipe. I must say the pipe produced was spot on in all 3 cases to the original sketch. I just wish I had those sketches now. In the years that followed I purchased and was gifted hundreds of pipes. However, not since then have I experienced that level of enjoyment in the world of pipes..." </blockquote> | |||
<gallery widths=350 heights=185 caption="Examples and details of Freehand Sovereign pipes, courtesy of Guido Morvillo. These 'Freehands' are not only good examples, they were specially made for Guido."> | |||
SovereignFreehand-4a.jpg | |||
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SovereignFreehand-5c.jpg|The "SK" stamp seen here was used for high end Sovereign pipes | |||
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