20th and 21st of June, 2009 Karen and Mimmo prepared 40th anniversary of RomeoBriar Factory for Filippo – founder of the company and father of Mimmo.

Doctor Carlo Lodi passed away on the morning of the 15th February 2009 at 4 am.
The funeral took place in Treviso (Italy) on 18th February 2009 at 2.45 pm.

He was a wonderful pipe-friend. He was born in Udine in 1939. He graduated in economy at the Triest University.
He was a President of Italian Federation of Pipe Clubs, a member of CIPC, a President of „Fenice Pipe Club" in Venice, a member of International Academie de la Pipe, Confrérie des Maitres Pipiers w Saint-Claude, Compairie des Pipailloux Bourguignons w Dijon, a member of the Pipe Club of London, honorary member of many pipe clubs.

To all the Family and those being close to Carlo I am sending condolences.

Carlo – see you on the other side of life!  Rest in peace!

3:33:06  – Gianfranco Ruscalla did this record in Germany during Europe Championship – Wurselen • 5th of October, 2008.

18th Polish Championship in Slow Pipe-Smoking and 12. Novotel Cup took place in Poznan at 13th of September, 2008.

The winner and Polish Champion for 2008 is Julian Drabent of Pipe Club of Konin (2 h 2 min. 52 sec.)

The title of the Man of the Year 2007 in pipe-smoking got Jacek Schmidt – it is me :)

3rd of May, 2007 – Pheasant Run Resort hotel in Chicago

Duration: 6 hours

Each participant will get 2 pipes: Zbigniew Bednarczyk pipe and Henryk worobiec pipe (pipe makers from Przemysl, Poland)

Tobacco used:


Cornell & Diehl

1.  Virginia flake
2.  #808 Burley Straight
3.  #554 biliard Room

and

Park-Lane Tabacconist, NY

4.  Park-Lane Luxury MIxture No. 14
– tobacco of V National Pipe-smoking contest in Chicago

Speaker: Jacek Schmidt – Academie International de la Pipe member, Poznan Pipe Collectors Club member

Zbigniew Bednarczyk pipe:


Henryk worobiec pipe:


Those interested in participating should write to Frank Burla – Chicago Pipe Show 2007 organizer:  fpburla@aol.com

Seminar is limited to 30 participants.
Cost: US Dollar 50

Program seminarium:
- how to shred different types of tobacco,
- how to fill a pipe,
- how to light tobacco in a pipe,
- how to take out the ash with the tamper,
- how to bring the amber into the surface of tobacco that the amber will be visible,
- how to make successful finish, e.g. burn all the tobacco inside
- difficulties and how to get rid of

27th of December 2006 Krzysztof Solinski passed away.
He was a wonderful, cheerful, modest man, great tester of non-briar pipes, pipe expert, poet, prose writer, editor and finally pipe smoker.
We will miss meetings and long conversations about pipe with him.
Our sincere condolences to the family and those close to Krzysztof.

Jacek Schmidt

Tu mozesz zmienic jezyk na Polski

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