Portrait of a Pipe Maker: Rolando Negoita

[humidor]

"The romanian version of The American Dream" that's my point of view when talking about Rolando Negoita. Yet, it is not only because of him currently beeing on the list of the United States' most rich people, though he came to America only in the early 90's. It is certainly not because of this! It is rather for the fact that, in only two decades, Rolando managed to both impress and gain respect by mastering two domains that, apparently, have no boundaries to each other: that of fashion design and that of pipe manufacturing. Form, aspect, functionality. Ronaldo is a perfectionist, after all. But, before anything else, he...is an artist.

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[cortezattic]

Interesting pipe maker, but in general, not my style. Might be appropriate for a younger, and more ostentatious smoker.

 

[keith929]

I found this one as an estate several years ago on Smokingpipes.com. It smokes cool, never gurgles and is in a favored spot in my rotation.

 

[photoman13]

I guess I'm ostentatious because I dig his work. 8)

 

[humidor]

Well, many pipemakers copy his ideas. This is a positive connotation.

 

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