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[[File:Bennie Joe Profile.jpg|thumb|Prasetya Tri Wibowo, AKA Bennie Joe.]] | |||
[[File:Bennie Joe nomenclature2.png|thumb|Stamping currently used on Bennie Joe pipes. Image courtesy MBSD Pipes.]] | |||
Bennie Joe pipes are made by Prasetya Tri Wibowo (b. 1991), who lives in Jakarta, Indonesia. | Bennie Joe pipes are made by Prasetya Tri Wibowo (b. 1991), who lives in Jakarta, Indonesia. | ||
[[File:Bennie Joe Pipe 4.jpg|left|thumb|A Bennie Joe Dublin with bamboo. Image courtesy Prasetya Tri Wibowo.]] | |||
Wibowo was | Wibowo was educated as an architect, which he worked as for much of his early life. He began making pipes towards the end of the 2010s, but did so in his spare time, balancing pipe making with his job commitments. | ||
During the Covid-19 pandemic and the ensuing lockdown measures enacted by governments worldwide, however, the property developer Wibowo was employed at was bankrupted due to economic pressures. Because of this, Wibowo chose to take on pipe making as a full-time career in 2020. | During the Covid-19 pandemic and the ensuing lockdown measures enacted by governments worldwide, however, the property developer Wibowo was employed at was bankrupted due to economic pressures. Because of this, Wibowo chose to take on pipe making as a full-time career in 2020. | ||
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Bennie Joe pipes are made with briar, ebonite, and often incorporate decorative elements such as bamboo. They have been sold by MBSD Pipes and Redeemed Pipes in the United States. | Bennie Joe pipes are made with briar, ebonite, and often incorporate decorative elements such as bamboo. They have been sold by MBSD Pipes and Redeemed Pipes in the United States. | ||
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