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To this end, in 2012, Sauro contacted [[Romeo Pipe|Mimmo Romeo]]. In Sauro’s words,<blockquote>''“I sent him an email presentation with photos of my pipes. As is his style, he had no qualms about telling me that they ‘sucked.’ It was my wife Maria who lifted me out of my despair and insisted that I write to him again to ask what was wrong with my pipes… I can't say whether it was chance or fate, but Mimmo convinced himself to invite me to his workshop for a day.”''</blockquote> | To this end, in 2012, Sauro contacted [[Romeo Pipe|Mimmo Romeo]]. In Sauro’s words,<blockquote>''“I sent him an email presentation with photos of my pipes. As is his style, he had no qualms about telling me that they ‘sucked.’ It was my wife Maria who lifted me out of my despair and insisted that I write to him again to ask what was wrong with my pipes… I can't say whether it was chance or fate, but Mimmo convinced himself to invite me to his workshop for a day.”''</blockquote> | ||
[[File:Sauropipe2013.jpg|left|thumb|An early Sauro pipe, a bent Dublin, made in 2013. Image courtesy Gioacchino Sauro.]] | [[File:Sauropipe2013.jpg|left|thumb|An early Sauro pipe, a bent Dublin, made in 2013. Image courtesy Gioacchino Sauro.]] | ||
Evidently, Sauro was able to dispel Romeo’s doubts about his potential and was | Evidently, Sauro was able to dispel Romeo’s doubts about his potential and was given the chance to continue as an apprentice in Romeo’s workshop. Here he met Brazilian pipe maker [[Eder Mathias]], whose approach to pipe making also left a strong impression on Sauro’s burgeoning craft. | ||
Sauro participated in his first pipe show at the Chicago Pipe Show in 2014. All of the pipes Sauro had taken with him were bought up by a dealer for the emerging Chinese high-end pipe market. The same year, Sauro, along with Romeo, visited the workshop of [[Eltang|Tom Eltang]] as part of a celebration of Eltang’s 40<sup>th</sup> anniversary as a pipe maker. | Sauro participated in his first pipe show at the Chicago Pipe Show in 2014. All of the pipes Sauro had taken with him were bought up by a dealer for the emerging Chinese high-end pipe market. The same year, Sauro, along with Romeo, visited the workshop of [[Eltang|Tom Eltang]] as part of a celebration of Eltang’s 40<sup>th</sup> anniversary as a pipe maker. | ||