Weber's Guide to Pipes & Pipe Smoking

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WEBER'S GUI DE TO PIPES AND PIPE SMOKING ABOUT THE BOOK This book telis you all about pipes and the art of smoking them. In plain language, clearly illustrated, you are shown how to identify the different kinds of pipes, what makes somé more valuable than others, what to look for when buying a pipe for yourself. Alsó, you learn about the different kinds and cuts of tobacco, and what to look for in choosing the proper mixture for yourself. Somé of the other subjects featured in this book are: the art of smoking - how to break in a pipe, fill it, light it, keep it lit, and clean it. pipe accessories - how to choose, maintain, and use the tobacco jar, pouch, lighter, reamer, pipe rack, etc. tiow pipes are made - from beginning to end you learn what happens to a raw piece of briar wood in becoming a finished pipe. flie pipe a§ a hobby - all about unique and unusual pipes, the art of collecting them. In 1911, at the age of twenty-one, Carl Weber left his Bavarian homeland, came to the... Tovább

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WEBER'S GUI DE TO PIPES AND PIPE SMOKING ABOUT THE BOOK This book telis you all about pipes and the art of smoking them. In plain language, clearly illustrated, you are shown how to identify the different kinds of pipes, what makes somé more valuable than others, what to look for when buying a pipe for yourself. Alsó, you learn about the different kinds and cuts of tobacco, and what to look for in choosing the proper mixture for yourself. Somé of the other subjects featured in this book are: the art of smoking - how to break in a pipe, fill it, light it, keep it lit, and clean it. pipe accessories - how to choose, maintain, and use the tobacco jar, pouch, lighter, reamer, pipe rack, etc. tiow pipes are made - from beginning to end you learn what happens to a raw piece of briar wood in becoming a finished pipe. flie pipe a§ a hobby - all about unique and unusual pipes, the art of collecting them. In 1911, at the age of twenty-one, Carl Weber left his Bavarian homeland, came to the United States and began a career which led to his emergence as the foremost pipe maker in America. When he began in the briar pipe industry in America, it was a mass production business turning out inexpensive utility pipes. In 1938 Mr. Weber förmed his own pipe manufacturing company, Weber Briars, Inc., which continues to operate under his personal supervision. His greatest contribution has been the introduction of Old World hand crafted techniques and skills that produce truly fine pipes. His firm is the only factory in America organized to produce fine pipes according to the English system. This, coupled with his tireless attention to detail and dedication of purpose, has earned Carl Weber the respect of pipe smokers throughout the world. Vissza