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原帖由 grusfauxyui 于 2012-7-26 21:56 发表
看到這張圖讓我猛然想起手邊另一本書裡的記載:
太棒了，原来一直存疑这支斗是否真的存在，看来确有天工造物，斗柄和斗嘴的处理也相得益彰，典型印第安羽毛和动物骨装饰风格，与哥伦布发现新大陆的主题极为贴切。感谢grusfauxyue兄分享的图片和书讯。
从亚马逊上查到此书的书评，此书的另一亮点是有关烟草的撰述：
Ehwa's book, The Book of Pipes and Tobacco, is, in my opinion, a book that every pipe smoker should own.
There are a lot of wonderful pipe smoking books out there. The very first one I read was Hacker's famous volume (and despite that book I decided to keep smoking pipes in hopes that I'd not ever encounter others like him or like his book). Still, for a beginner, Hacker's is a decent read. Alfred Dunhill's book is a wonderful historical piece, historical in two senses. First, he delves into pipes, exploring them and tracing them back more thoroughly than anyone else. Second, Dunhill is himself an instrumental figure in modern pipe smoking; whether you love his pipe company's product or not, it is impossible to deny his place in pipe history. Newcomb's book is a delightful read, accessible, and the author stands as a wonderful advocate for our hobby. And the recently released Pipes:Artisans and Trademarks, by Jose Manuel Lopes, is a brilliant piece of research and an amazing accomplishment; the book serves as both a delightful coffee table work and also as a decent reference source alongside Who Made That Pipe. There are several other, similar, books which occupy places of honor in my personal library.
Ehwa's book, however, stands alone to me. Yes, it is somewhat dated, having been published in 1974. However, like a good piece of literature this book has stood the test of time. The writing is clean and enjoyable. The flow is wonderful. But what makes this book so important to me is that the REAL reason we all smoke pipes is the enjoyment of tobacco. At least I hope that is our reason; I love my pipes, I love to collect them, to look at them, to trade with others, but until I fill my pipe with tobacco it is merely an object. Once filled and lit, however, it becomes so much more. It is a source of relaxation, it is a source of pleasure, it is a provider of flavor which I enjoy. The addition of tobacco transforms a physical object into a mental one, transforms the experience of owning a pipe into an experience of, well, experiencing it!
I think I have a neophyte's pallate still, but I take pleasure in sharing what I can share about the experience I get from tobacco. Yet that experience must be put into words, and to put it into words a reviewer needs to be able to express sense in words. Doing so is not so easy. However, after reading Ehwa's book I learned worlds about making that transformation. Ehwa knew tobacco, and knew how to discuss tobacco; reading his book's section, "Part Three-Tobacco:The Special Herb" is a revealatory, almost religious experience. Here, he discusses curing, processing, types of cuts, and all of the essentials of taking the leaf from the field all of the way to the pipe. He discusses the different types of tobacco, and how the preparation of these different leaves so changes their basic character. But where the book excels is in his seemingly simple explanation of such terms as aroma, flavor, body, and smoothness. Reading this chapter was, for me, nothing short of essential. As an enjoyer of tobacco, this information took me from a smoker to a reviewer, enabling me to finally put into words what my mind already felt about each blend I smoked. |
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发表于 2012-7-27 21:49:48
发表于 2012-8-16 14:31:41
感谢摇头兄的介绍，图片所列只是世存好斗之冰山一角，不过要能有一把赏玩，足矣！
