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  Manuel Shaabi was born in Lebanon in 1950. He apprenticed as a wood sculptor and cabinet maker. In 1979, he left, because of the Lebanese civil war, for Bavaria, Germany. There he worked making one a kind furnishings and restoring old sculptures and figurines in churches and cathedrals. In 1984 he moved to Hamburg, Northern Germany because of his daughters asthmatic condition. Unfortunately he couldn't find enough work, so he went back to school and completed his professional training. His final test was to make a trunk. He made such a fine trunk that he was offered a position at the school as a instructor.
  In 1993, having won numerous awards for his cabinet making he gave it up as it didn't satisfy his creative needs. He started over at Pipe Dan learning to repair pipes. He quickly mastered the art of pipe making and in 1998 left to start his own studio.
Shaabi's' pipes have an unheard of degree of hand craftsmanship. He feels a drill doesn't cut true for the tobacco chamber so he uses a special knife. His draft holes are 4 mm. "The draft hole should meet the tobacco chamber just a little bit above the the bottom". He believes this prevents tobacco residue coming up through the air hole and stem.
  Manuel Shaabi is probably the only pipemaker who combines the skills of a wood carver, cabinetmaker and pipe smith. His pipes combine the best of European design with a Middle Eastern aesthetic. He has secured some of the best wood on the planet and they smoke as good as they look. Each pipe has an individually hand cut Lucite stem.


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What Smokers Say.

"The wood is excellent. The inside-bowl is beautiful and I hesitated to lit it. It is so well seasoned and dry that the taste is good from the first smoke and it puts carbon cake easily. For me this size of hole in the shank is the best a smooth smoke. .....He knows how to accentuate the birdseye." Hidehiko

"I just picked up the two Shaabi that I ordered. That makes a total of six. ....Manuel's engineering is 2nd to none. All of his pipes smoke cool...The carving on his rusticated pipes has a unique texture & feel in the hand....and believe enhances the smoking experience. " Alan C, CA.
 

# 1 Grade C2

$ 1,291.00
   
 

# 3 Grade S3

$ 720.00
 

# 4 Grade R3

$ 705.46

# 5 Grade SS

$ 1,160.00
 

# 6 Grade S1

$ 575.00

# 7 Grade C4

Sea Urchin
$ 2,331.00
 

# 8 Grade R1

Carved
$ 518.00

# 9 Grade C3

$ 1,884.00
 

# 10A Grade C3

$ 1,650.00
 

# 17 Grade S2

$ 695.00
 

# 19 Grade S3

$ 900.56
$ 720.00


# 21 Grade R4

$ 942.00

 

 

# 27 Grade SS

$ 1,375.00


Grading:
R1 Rusticated Single Rustication
R2   Two Rustication techniques used.
R3   Complex rustication using 3-4 steps.
R4   Complex rustication requiring labor-intensive multiple processes.
RR   Unique shapes and the most complex rustication Manuel can do.
S1 Smooth Good grain.
S2   Very good grain with a few sandpits.
S3   Extremely consistent grain with very few flaws.
S4   Extremely good grain without flaws.
SS   Best quality straight-grain or 360 degree birdseye.
C1 Carved The carving flows out of the wood.
C2   The pipe is carved in a particular shape. Generally complex and large.
C3   Very complex carving and/or large pipe.
C4 & CC   The most elaborate and largest carved pipes that Shaabi produces.
 


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