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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. | ||
Wibowo was first brought to the craft by necessity. While he had been a pipe smoker for years, he did not have a large collection of pipes, and when his workhorse pipe – an old, estate Peterson he had bought at an antiques store – suffered an irreparable burnout, Wibowo was forced to find a new one for his regular rotation. | Wibowo was first brought to the craft by necessity. While he had been a pipe smoker for years, he did not have a large collection of pipes, and when his workhorse pipe – an old, estate Peterson he had bought at an antiques store – suffered an irreparable burnout, Wibowo was forced to find a new one for his regular rotation. Pipes are luxury items in Indonesia, and after finding that it would be less expensive to make a pipe himself than to buy a replacement, Wibowo decided to do just that, and spent the next eighteen months researching what he would need in order to make one. | ||
[[File:Bennie Joe Pipe 8.JPG|thumb|A selection of Wibowo's earliest pipes. Image courtesy Prasetya Tri Wibowo.|alt=|left]] | [[File:Bennie Joe Pipe 8.JPG|thumb|A selection of Wibowo's earliest pipes. Image courtesy Prasetya Tri Wibowo.|alt=|left]] | ||
Once he felt confident enough to begin making his pipes, Wibowo purchased seven ebauchon briar blocks with the intention of crafting simple billiards from them. After three months he was left with three billiards and, in his words, four ‘failures.’ But he was not dissuaded, and was fortunate to find a Facebook group for local pipe makers, many of whom were happy to give advice and to answer questions about the craft. It was through this group that Wibowo met Abdul Karim, maker of [[Karim Pipes]], who provided further teaching regarding the tools and techniques of advanced pipe making. | Once he felt confident enough to begin making his pipes, Wibowo purchased seven ebauchon briar blocks with the intention of crafting simple billiards from them. After three months he was left with three billiards and, in his words, four ‘failures.’ But he was not dissuaded, and was fortunate to find a Facebook group for local pipe makers, many of whom were happy to give advice and to answer questions about the craft. It was through this group that Wibowo met Abdul Karim, maker of [[Karim Pipes]], who provided further teaching regarding the tools and techniques of advanced pipe making. | ||