Please be sure to attend our May meeting, on Tuesday, May 10th, where we’ll be welcoming, once again, special guest, and current owner of Genod Pipes, Sebastian Beaud. Sebastian is making a stop in NYC before heading to Chicago for the “big show”. He will be bringing with him a fine selection of Genod Pipes so please be sure to join me in giving him a big New York welcome.
And speaking of the “big show”, once again, a number of our members will be heading to the Midwest for the Chicagoland International Pipes & Tobacciana Show which takes place on May 14th – 15th at the Pheasant Run Resort, St. Charles, Illinois. If you can make it, you will not be disappointed! It is the Show of Shows!
Balkan Sobranie Throwdown! – Attendees of this year’s Chicago Show are in for a real treat. If you haven’t heard already, the Seattle and New York Pipe Clubs will be co-sponsoring a friendly competition between three of the hobby’s most respected blenders along with three judges who are equally as renown. The “Throwdown” is the brainchild of Matt Guss, President of the Seattle Pipe Club and brother of our own Peter and Jon Guss. As per Matt, “This Throwdown is purely for fun — we don’t expect to faithfully actually recreate Sobranie for many practical reasons. This is just the kind of event that breathes fresh air into the pipe world.” What is it all about? Take a look at the following links for full details: http://pipesmagazine.com/blog/pipe-news/2011-balkan-sobranie-throwdown/ and http://www.apassionforpipes.com/neills-blog/2011/4/24/balkan-sobranie-throwdown.html Complete rules can be viewed in PDF form in the 2011 Balkan Sobranie Throwdown Welcome Letter. This event will be great fun, great for the hobby and in the end, we will all come out winners with what I am sure will be some very good blends!
We Need Volunteers! – as with any event, help is always appreciated and the Throwdown is no different. I am asking anyone who is attending the show and is willing to give up just a short amount of their time to please contact me. There are a few areas regarding preparation for the Throwdown that I could use help with so I am asking for volunteers. It won’t take long. Please see Lou Carbone if you are able and willing.
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Dear Sir or Madam;
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Please also kindly note that; we are able to produce meerschaum pipes in any shape and size anq with requested motives on ( in case a photo is provided to us, peoples’ faces can be carved on a block meerschaum pipe). Our pipes are hand carved from 1st quality (gathered from deep meerschaum 100 meters below the surface) %100 block meerschaum.
We would also appreciate the favor, if you kindly forward this e-mail to your members and pipe smokers.
Kindest Regards
C.Yavuz Korpefiliz
0090 533 540 77 40
Storient Exports Manager