Pipe Companion: A Connoisseur's Guide (Connoisseur's Guides)
by David K. Wright
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Author: David K. WrightEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2000-12-27
ISBN: 0762403233
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Running Press
Book Reviews of Pipe Companion: A Connoisseur's Guide (Connoisseur's Guides)
Book Review: Whats there is great, but I wanted even more.
Summary: 4 Stars
This is an informative and beautifully printed and illustrated book. Looking at the beautiful glossy photographs and reading the distinctive text is a delight, particularly when it is accompanied by smoking one of the fine pipes made by the carver you're reading about. However, I did wish that the book were comprehensive enough to fully live up to its subtitle of "A Connoisseur's Guide." I realize that to have included more the talented individuals and companies in Italy (e.g., Ascorti, Caminetto, Viprati, Tombari, Cavicchi,), Denmark (e.g., Former, Karl-Erik ), England (e, g., Charatan, Upshall), Austria (e.g., Matzhold), France (Comoy), Germany (Barbi, Becker, Mummert, Safferling) and elsewhere that are also handcrafting "high end" pipes would have made the book more expensive, but what a treasure it would have been. And given this book's subtitle, why spend precious pages describing Dr. Grabow, a company whose yearly production of machined pipes far exceeds the total output of all the artisans that are included in the book? If a subsequent edition is planned, I hope the author also thinks about consistently making his price ranges even more meaningful to the serious buyer by matching them up with the grading systems used by each carver. Even if this is not done in the text, an appendix just giving the grading systems would be most helpful.
Summary of Pipe Companion: A Connoisseur's Guide (Connoisseur's Guides)
A perfect gift for pipe smokers (and anyone with a penchant for the occasional puff), The Pipe Companion details the origins, history, and customs of pipe smoking. This new addition to our critically acclaimed series of connoisseur's companions includes nearly 125 full-color photographs highlighting the work of more than 50 master pipe carvers from around the world. It also features information on how to choose, smoke, and care for your pipe, as well as a glossary of terms and addresses of pipe makers.
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