Hello from Richmond!

Post by **Tyler** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 1:34 am

I though you guys might like to know that you are missing a great time here in Richmond.

Pipes everywhere. Pipe makers everywhere.

It is a good day when Eltang, Todd, Lindner, Ruthenberg, Rolando, Learned, Chuck Stanion, and many others take a look at your pipes and offer their comments. I am learning a lot of great stuff, and am pleased to be enjoying it all immensely.

It is also a good day when you get to put so many faces with names and friends here on the forum and elsewhere online. I can't begin to list all the names of the folks I have met, but it has been great. I will make a special mention of marks, as he was very kind to share his table with me. Thanks marks!

More when I return to Midland, for now...bed.

Tyler

stdly · Post by **stdly** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 10:55 am

You lucky dawg! Glad your haveing a good time and meeting all the new faces. Enjoy it for us all who can only imagine!

jthpipes · Post by **jthpipes** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 11:49 am

Wish I could go hope to have better luck scraping together money next year.

achduliebe · Post by **achduliebe** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 8:27 pm

Lucky indeed! That has to be pretty awesome to meet those guys and have them critique your work.

So, Tyler...I'm itchin' to know who won the carving contest?

bscofield · Post by **bscofield** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 9:16 pm

yeah!!! Carving contest.....???

jeff · Post by **jeff** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 9:28 pm

Rolando Negoita won the contest. He had a pretty nice piece. I didn't see the other 8 though. Unfortunately, I was preoccupied with the THOUSANDS of other nice pipes there.

It was a great show. Many fine people attended. FWIW, Mike Lindner won best in show with an amazing, elegant pencil-shanked pipe. See if its on the piperack.com website.

Jeff

bluesmk · Post by **bluesmk** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 9:30 pm

Gentlemen,
Just got in from Richmond, I'll ditto everything Tyler said, but I have to add I had the good futune of sitting in the same group of tables as his. Yes it was good to put a face on many here on this site!.....oh, Rolando won the contest. post soon I need my bed 12+hours of driving and sooooo much sensory overload....ahhh yes, dreams of Richmond , pipes, pipes, more pipes and lots of tobacco!!!!!
Good night
Dan
Gabrieli Pipes

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 2:16 pm

Way cool guys. Kudos to Rolando. Still...Tyler should have won!

ArtGuy · Post by **ArtGuy** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 2:24 pm

Why I talked to Rolando the day I sent mine in for judging and he did not even mention he had entered! Why I aughta.......

Many congrats to Rolando he makes a truly fine pipe. I want to know who else was in the top 10?????

marks · Post by **marks** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 8:06 pm

I really enjoyed meeting all the members of this board that were at the show.

I also got some very constructive comments on my pipes, and some great tips for improvement, and for that, I thank you again!

I also sold my first pipe at the show. What a feeling it is for someone to critically inspect a pipe you made, then purchase it. Of course many of you on this board already know what that feels like. I was on cloud nine for the remainder of the show, and during the trip home.

bluesmk · Post by **bluesmk** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 11:31 pm

Couldn't figure out how to post a pic here so I posted it in the gallery.
It's Tyler at the show.
Dan

bluesmk · Post by **bluesmk** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 11:40 pm

By the way....thats Mark trying to hide, to Tyler's left.
Dan

jeff · Post by **jeff** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 12:31 am

Actually Todd did not enter as far as I know. I do know that Will Purdy entered with a very nice piece. It ws good meeting you guys in Richmond.
Rolamdo enetered with a very simple and elegant design. fairly easy to interpret into a run of copied pipes. it also seemed to me that Rolando must have done some research into BC pipes as his pipe seemed very reminiscent to me of the BC pipe genre.

Neil

sagiter · Post by **sagiter** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 12:34 am

Hmmmm... sorry about that seems that Jeff logged into the site at richmond and didn't log out. that last post was obviously mine.

Neil

jeff · Post by **jeff** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 8:14 am

Sorry about that Neil. I've done it to Todd too. Next thing you know I'll be signing on to ASP under other peoples' names too!

Jeff

ArtGuy · Post by **ArtGuy** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 2:12 pm

jeff wrote:Actually Todd did not enter as far as I know. I do know that Will Purdy entered with a very nice piece. It ws good meeting you guys in Richmond.
Rolamdo enetered with a very simple and elegant design. fairly easy to interpret into a run of copied pipes. it also seemed to me that Rolando must have done some research into BC pipes as his pipe seemed very reminiscent to me of the BC pipe genre.

Neil

Yeah, I just took a look at Rolando's winning design. The first thing I thought was, "Yeah, that would look good as a BC for sure. I can see why they chose it"

The pipe is the perfect match of being both a Rolando and one of BC's more experimental shapes. It looks like he approached it just like he was writing a grant proposal. Being University Faculty he would have experience with that. Negiota is a professional through and through. Watch and learn eh?

Link to Rolando's winning pipe design:

http://www.atelierrolando.com/pipes/comptpipe.htm

Post by **KurtHuhn** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 4:06 pm

Wow. So simple, so elegant. I *love* the tube arrangement with the stem.

Leus · Post by **Leus** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 5:31 pm

I think random did something vaguely similar to that tube... found it.

http://www.ren-prod-inc.com/random_pipe ... posite.jpg

jeff · Post by **jeff** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 6:09 pm

Sorry, Leus. I don't see any similarities. Where is the tube?

Jeff

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