Owl Shop Moving to New Hampshire
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I'm glad they are staying in business though. I bought my very first pipe there and was shown around the workshop and learned about pipe making one slow Tuesday afternoon. My first pipe was an original re-issue K&P Irish Made 68 Army bent brandy. I still have it 40 yrs later !
They are nice people with a nice shop in an area of decreasing foot traffic. While Worcester has been making a bit of a comeback, the downtown area needs a big refresh. I wonder where they are going to in N.H.
I was very fond of the Owl Shop in Worcester, and visited it many times during business travel to Massachusetts in the 1990s. If memory serves, John Photakis was their pipe-maker; i wonder if he is still with them? Also, I loved their Bancroft Tower and Owl Natural pipe-tobaccos.
Still not determined yet. I was talking to Zack a bit a few weeks ago and he was going to take the winter to enjoy some time off and figure things out once he gets bored... Knowing Zack, I give him a couple months tops.
John passed in a car accident in 2002 at age 51 I believe. He was the one who took me on a tour of his workshop and showed me how he makes pipes when I bought my first pipe. His son Zack still works there i believe per website.
Politics have consequences on businesses. Hope they do well in NH but seems they can't do any worse, they tax issues will help and maybe they will garner some foot traffic, wishing them the best.
Have they worked out where in NH?
It just says southern NH.
We go over to that area every summer.
It just says southern NH.
We go over to that area every summer.
Right around the corner from Canobie Lake Park…and close to me. I’ll have to check them out when the dust settles down.