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I made a new friend last week.
Marty Pulver just might be one of the nicest guys I've ever met in this business and this pipe world of ours is full of fascinating and truly kind people. I was noodling through his website and saw this odd duck freehand which put a hook through my liver.
It's weird looking with that enormous Danish bowl and damned near model thin shank and stem, but I've always been intrigued by pipe makers once regraded as lions who somehow or other were forgotten or pushed aside 20 or 30 years down the road. Mr. Weinberger was one of those guys.
Weinberger was an interesting man who retired from the law to pursue his pipe making hobby. But, when your first employees include teenagers like Mark Tinsky and Curt Rollar then good things will happen.
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Was he the American Sixten Ivarsson? I don't think so. But he was a talented craftsman who tapped into that incredible freehand frenzy of the 70's and enjoyed his moment in the sun.
The pipe showed up three days later in beautiful shape and raring to go. It eats and breathes Nightcap like a champ and the pipe feels good in my hand. I'm pleased.
Thank you, Marty, for working through my laryngitis and doing your best to fulfill my order. You're the best.
Fnord
Marty Pulver just might be one of the nicest guys I've ever met in this business and this pipe world of ours is full of fascinating and truly kind people. I was noodling through his website and saw this odd duck freehand which put a hook through my liver.
It's weird looking with that enormous Danish bowl and damned near model thin shank and stem, but I've always been intrigued by pipe makers once regraded as lions who somehow or other were forgotten or pushed aside 20 or 30 years down the road. Mr. Weinberger was one of those guys.
Weinberger was an interesting man who retired from the law to pursue his pipe making hobby. But, when your first employees include teenagers like Mark Tinsky and Curt Rollar then good things will happen.
http://i1055.photobucket.com/albums/s517/fnord0393/JW3_zps9aa0whcw.jpg
Was he the American Sixten Ivarsson? I don't think so. But he was a talented craftsman who tapped into that incredible freehand frenzy of the 70's and enjoyed his moment in the sun.
The pipe showed up three days later in beautiful shape and raring to go. It eats and breathes Nightcap like a champ and the pipe feels good in my hand. I'm pleased.
Thank you, Marty, for working through my laryngitis and doing your best to fulfill my order. You're the best.
Fnord
