| 烟斗村十周年聚会 - 上海，2011 年 11 月 26 日 |
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十一月 26 日，於上海衡山路純種愛爾蘭酒館「Park Tavern」包場舉辦「煙斗村十周年聚會」。幸得世界各地斗友踴躍前來參與。
 Members checking in. 'Iron Buddha', a seasoned architect (left) & 'Blue Blade' (a chemical specialist from Spain, on laptop) were in charge of the registration part, which was crucial to the event's success. The one writing for entrance, was 'Timwang', an avid member who's also very knowledgeable on knives.  Members automatically found a way to entertain themselves immediately  Famous & respected collector 'Mouse' (center) from Xiamen  Senior surgeon Dr. Li (in yellow jacket) flew from New York, U.S. just for the event. He's truly amazing!  Doctor Li has a passion for gourd calabash  'Olo' generously gifted a tailor-made 'Qinghua' china bowl, to Dr.Li  Beijing Pipe Maker Zhoujun & his beautiful fiancee  Tianjin pipe maker Renbin, considered by many the best in China  'Miaozhai', a young but top traditional Chinese porcelain painter artist in the world  Members  'Shoe Lifter' (left), a senior D.E.A. officer volunteered as cameraman of the event & Wilfred 'Wolf' Feng (right), a chief consultant on biotech & government relation (reads: 'two China farmers' to Neill Roan from West Virginia, whom nowadays does stand for holy Purity, Sobriety and the White Christian's Jesus, though doesn't love Warren any more. This world is a sad irony: while Neill's busy anti-Chinese and sucking the Danes' dicks, the Danes are the other way around busy visiting China ... twice a year)  Friends from afar  Accomplished art critic Huang, aka 'WMDHZ' (left), and Lee, a local tobacconist (right)  I'm sure the topic was very much ... erh ... non-pipe ...  Props of the Pipe Making Seminar  How to make a good pipe by hand? These two gents had ample answers  Seminar on going  Captive audience  'Sharing Table', working with 'Sharing Coupons', was another pretty novel idea I devised for this event. Everything, including seminar admission, was 'purchased' only with 'Sharing Coupons', allotted as per various ID group privileges  See what we shared  Murray 965 went fast!  Buffet began to serve  Pub Manager James Prowse from Oxford, was lodging draft Pedigree fresh from England. Both are my all-time favorites  Delicious lamb chop. Looks yummy erh?  Members  Not smoking was not allowed here  Smoked in peace  'Dionysus' from Beijing, came with sealed Balkan Sobranie tin & Dunhill old goodies. A wonderful guy!  Versatile Shanghai collector 'Heart-rinsing' (left), Leslie Ng (center) & 'Miaozhai' (right)  'Miaozhai' unpacking his treasures  'Miaozhai' unpacking his treasures  Old English pipes being arranged  A valuable pile indeed  Old soldiers never die, nor do they fade away  The crowd sniffed something big and unusual  Those who came with a camera or a phone, were busy taking photos  'Miaozhai' talked about his experience collecting and renovating  A rusticated (and blasted?) Sasieni '4-Dot'  This unsmoked 'Pre-tran' Barling with elaborate silver work, was one of the masterpieces of Miaozhai's. He spent a fortune for it  A Sasieni '4-Dot' Canadian, and a Comoy's I guess  A Comoy's Oop Paul  Some Scandinavian finer examples owned by Xu 'Pipe-Loving-Maggot', except the one at center, a gorgeous Bang interpretation of Crossgrain made by Per, was collection of mine  'Miaozhai' (left) & 'Pipe-Loving-Maggot' (right)  Seminar Blowfish & Crossgrain, given by 'Pippy'  'Focus Group', literally speaking  Audience  We always tried to include everyone ...  Untitled  Collective shot of the event
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