eBay My World: alexander-zavvos( 982)

by alexander-zavvos(982)

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I was born in Molos, Thermopylae, near Lamia. I studied Radio-electronics, and at age 23 I got involved with commerce.

Briar Pipes, Briar Blocks

English, Greek

I entered the pipe business when I met, by total chance, with Mr. Libero G. Albanese, first technician and producer of briar-wood models in Kalabria, Italy. When I told him that I am Greek, he almost prayed, saying that we Greeks have the best briar in the world for pipe-making! From that moment on I understood that this fellow is in love woth his work - and he transmitted that to me instantly! From mid-1962 to 1963 I searched all over the world for a college or a school in order to be taught the art of pipe-making, but in vain - there was none. I was convinced that only through experience there was a chance of me becoming what I wanted. In 1964 I started the commercial briar-wood model production, in 1965 I constructed empirically my first pipe and in 1967 I started the vertical production (this is from the briar Greek woods to the consumer).In 1970 I started the research which was accomplished in 1984, on the 1st generation hygrostatic system

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