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My latest pipes arrived this morning from smokingpipes.eu great service as ever!
1. Savinelli Impero rusticated pipe
2. Shakespeare head meerchaum estate pipe.
Savinelli Impero
From the website:
The brand Rossi is a sub-brand of the premium pipe manufacturer Savinelli. The Rossi pipes are produced in the Savinelli factory.
A straightforward rusticated black pipe with distinctive shape.
Includes pipe sleeve.
- Half Bent: Prince
- Surface: Black, rusticated
- Drilling: 9 mm
- Stem: Acrylic
- Material: Briar
- Length: 145 mm
- Height of bowl: 35 mm
- Drilling of the bowl: 20 mm
- Weight: ca. 45g
I like Prince pipes and I really like the Savinelli 315KS. That looks to be about the same pipe. I like it!
I can strongly recommend the Rossi pictured above. It’s one of my Top 5 pipes 😊 Smokes like a dream and looks pretty cool too.
Edit: and costs much less than similar pipes by more well-known makers, (around $90).
Very likely same briar going into Savs these days but with some imperfection. Often nothing we'll ever note. I love seconds and subrands. And I really dig Rossis. I see they make a 122. Such a great shape and a saddle bit.
Haven't been very active on the forum lately because I'm still enjoying my trip through Italy. But I found this beauty and thought I'd show you.
Very nice! Fun grain. I hope you’re having a great time in Italy.
I’m so happy with the Savinelli Armonia Acorn I bought, that I’ve decided to buy the Savinelli Armonia Bent Dublin too! I’m not going to tell the wife! 😬😉
I love it! In fact, it’s my favourite pipe 😊 It smokes beautifully and feels great to hold. It’s elegant and yet robust. Together with the Acorn version, they’ll be the pipes I use for my 2 daily bowls. Worth every penny!
I´m used to tell my wife that i´m ordering more tobacco, i never really tell her how many tins preventing any spark in the relationship 🤣 🤣 🤣
April purchase - Peterson House Pipe Silver Cap. Sometimes I feel lucky.
I've ordered a Savinelli Clarks Favourite Brownblast which should arrive tomorrow. Looking forward to getting going on this new acquisition.
Nice! Both the Bing’s and Clark’s have caught my eye multiple times, but I’ve never pulled the trigger.
Yes will do. Initial thoughts are very open draw. What I was not quite aware of is that it's 6mm Balsa, or normal insert. I purchased 6mm Savenelli filters assuming that they would fit, but I'm afraid they do not, strange! I've got another Savenelli which take the filters so I'm not out of pocket. It doesn't bother me smoking my pipes without filters.
Which filters would you like to use with it?
The Savinelli activated carbon filters are a tight squeeze, but they fit in all my 6mm filter pipes, including Savinellis, (with a bit of wiggling).
I've tried the Savenelli carbonated filters but do not fit. So, I ordered Savenelli balsa filters and I have to shave them to get them in. So, not sure what's going on, but happy with the shaved balsa. I'm a bit of a wet sipper, I'm afraid. The pipe filters both carbon and balsa negate me having to ram rod the stem with a pipe cleaner 3 or 4 times a smoke.
I’m in the same boat. But, the Savinelli carbon filters do fit, if you’re persistent and prepared to do a fair bit of wiggling them 😄
Of course, not all pipes are identical. You may have been unlucky and got one with a slightly narrower stem.
I've got two savinelli pipes one accepts the 6mm charcoal filters and the Clarks that will not. The diameter on the clarks is almost exactly the same as the filters. I'll just persist with the balsa. I've been unlucky I'm guessing 🤣
I have a Bing’s Favourite, which was the first pipe I bought after deciding to take up pipe smoking more seriously. It’s a great pipe that I’ve neglected since purchasing other pipes.
I really like the Clark’s favourite, too. I’ll get one eventually. I love the look of yours!
Been lurking eBay for my first meerschaum. Got one! The price was right. Hope it’s real amber stem as seller claims. No-name? Won’t know until it arrives. Then I need to go find @Ted ‘s thread about reconditioning meers. 🤣
Nice! It’s from the 1940’s to 1950’s, most likely Austrian made. The stem is real amber, well technically all of them are amberoid, which is amber that has undergone a process that clarifies and fuses smaller pieces of amber together to make pieces big enough to make stems out of, usually by extrusion.
Looks only lightly smoked, a great one to put back in to service!
A beautiful little dublin coming right out from the 1920s. I'm not sure about that but it really seems like it looking at the style and shape.
The stem is quite peculiar, as you screw it in the pipe.
I've never seen a brand named AGE, on the stem there's written London Made, even though a pipemaker from Paris told me it's probably a Comoys product for the british market.
Anyway it was well smoked by the previous owner and I'm really grateful, cause it's rare to find pipes that are not completely chewed and destroyed when you go hunting in flea markets 😆
That's cool.
Dublins are so jaunty.
Can you show us the screw in stem?
Some pretty interesting ones here I think.
The meerschaums of course but I like the looks of that red one in the back too.
Decided to get another il ceppo since the first one is performing wonderfully!
If you're getting into italian pipemaking can I suggest you some other artisans? Maybe you already know them: Musicò (also known as Foundation) and Rinaldo.
Let me show you my two Musicò 😀
Musico sounds familiar, never heard of Rinaldo. Both very fine looking pieces! I'll keep them in mind for future purchases thank you!
Also got a cheap unfinished briar
Y'all I'm in love.
I was slightly nervous because $66 is quite low for any Caminetto, even a replacement stem Business from the "dark times" as this one likely is.
But I absolutely love it. I haven't smoked it yet but based on the draw I expect it to be a good one. The chamber is perfect. The replacement stem is beautiful and indistinguishable from an original except for the lack of a mustache. The stamping is all crisp. Cleaner easily passes. It's in excellent condition.
I'm thrilled.
Photo fritzed.
You know that Viking Calabash I randomly showed as an example of what I’d rather have than my favorite Peterson Sustem pipe? Yeah, this one…
…well, I bought it. 🤠
…and it arrived today
…in great shape and ready to smoke
LOL ...The Opticon 330 also arrived. Chip is gonna be resurrected this weekend ...if I can pull it off.
That is a beautiful example of a calabash! Congratulations on your purchase. But, how does it smoke?
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Sadly, we won't know until I get a BLOCK meerschaum replacement bowl. I destroyed the PRESSED bowl while attempting to remove the crusty tar layer inside the bowl.
TRIGGER WARNING: This picture is not for the feint of heart. This is what happens boys and girls, when you attempt to wet-work PRESSED meerschaum in the same way you would BLOCK Meerschaum. (Yeah... ...don't do that ...I learned the hard way, so you don't have to).
Not to worry. It's not the end of the story for this pipe. I saw the hairline fracture(s) before I bought it, and decided to restore this beauty to its highest potential, whether it needed a new bowl or not… It didn’t need a new bowl when it arrived… It needs a new bowl after I messed with it. That was always probable anyway. I might even custom order a pair of bowls. @Ted, do you happen to know a good source? I haven't begun my search yet. (I was expecting to pay in the neighborhood of $300, whether I can get a pair for that price or a single highest quality block meer.) It would be cool to have a smooth one and a "rusticated/textured" one.
Uh, yeah. Nothing wrong with pressed meerschaum, doesn’t smoke any different in a calabash, but don’t get it wet. 😜 Light dry sanding usually works great.
Custom block bowl, I would contact Jyeshta meerschaum either on Facebook or eBay, or black meerschaum.com, although most meerschaum sellers will make them for you. Depending on size, expect to pay $90-$140.
Pressed replacements are available for about half the cost, email me if you want to go that route and I can order one for you.
Oh, no! 😣 You aren’t having much luck with meerschaum these days. Still, as you say, it’s not the end of the world.
probably not - it's pretty crumbly, even after it totally dried out again - possibly from it expanding at different rates when I initially saturated it. The hairlines grew and new ones appeared. I want re-useable block meer filters - that you can soak to leach out everything they absorbed - and dry out and use again. Besides, I think I'm going to glue it back together to send as a template for a custom one, although, being a pretty careful guy, I took down all the measurements before I began messing with it - since this was one possible outcome.
Time for a shaggy dog story…
Yeah 😐 Including the gourd calabash above, I just bought five pipes this past week. To put that in perspective, for 10 years I got by with one pipe; one single solitary VAUEN bent billiard. Nice pipe. Still smoke it. Last Summer, that jumped to 4. Last Fall, 4 + 4 = 8. This Winter, 8 + 7 = 15. Spring has sprung, and I contented myself with only one new pipe - well, antique, but new to me. You’ve seen it - Chip the Austrian Meer. (Yeah, I number and name my pipes to make journaling simpler). While he lay broken, I drowned my sorrow spending way too much time on eB@y stalking a replacement in vain. I gave up on Austrian meers pretty quickly… but stayed on the hunt… at first, just keeping an eye out for my next birth-year DUNHILL. It’s a slow, usually boring pastime. I don’t expect them to show up in the condition and price range that’s my sweet spot very often. So, I did something crazy. I blame grief and sleep deprivation. (No excuse necessary, it’s just convenient to have one - so “crazy” stays in the realm of plausible deniability.) Anyway, crazy as it is, I wondered what would happen if - while awaiting the elusive unicorn - I looked at pipes nobody wanted, so “somebody” ended up getting them for a song. Maybe “somebody” could be me. I typed “vintage pipes estate” into advanced search, including only recently closed, or sold with only 1 bid, because I imagined people who have no idea what they’ve got might use those generic terms pretty often - especially “vintage”. My eyes popped out of my head! Dozens per day closing with no bids or being won by opening bid! Most deserved to be ignored, but some looked like diamonds in the rough. That’s when crazy morphed into temporary insanity and I began shotgun low-ball bidding on pipes closing soon - at or near opening bid - but only ones I was SURE I would actually smoke when refurbished. Mercifully, I didn’t win any. The fit passed.
But, I recognized a couple names I thought deserved to be going for much higher than they did - Sasieni and Kaywoodie. I switched focus to just those two (otherwise , the 💩 storm was overwhelming). After a little pipedia.org sleuthing, I selectively bid a little higher on Sasienis I was sure were family era, but not coveted FOURDOT because that’s how unsuspecting buyers have been duped into buying post-transition mid- and low-grade junk and even forgeries (replacement stems w 4 dots and calling it a 4DOT). I need more knowledge before entering that arena. Instead, I zeroed in on FANTAILs because I appreciate the look, they’re patented, unique, and (in my opinion) under-valued. Plus, they have the added benefit of being datable to 1953-1957 if they have the “PAT'D-170067” stamp. I like being sure. I got two! - one for opening bid as only bidder (before/after pics to follow refurb), the other pictured below, which just arrived yesterday (Saturday).
I also got a Kaywoodie White Briar for opening bid as the only bidder, (pics to follow on arrival).
Rounding out the 5? 🦄
Sometimes unicorns have the gall to sneak up on you while you’re distracted. Actually, this one turned out to be a Prince - a 1961 DUNHILL Group 4 Root Briar FE Prince 😎 (before/after pics to follow refurb)
…here’s a closeup of the quilted flame-grain (very nice! …only on that one spot, though 😐)
I love this story partly because I don't feel so bad
In the last week I bought the Caminetto, an estate Royal Danish Ukelele, a Meerschaum and am currently winning an HS Studio for peanuts. I'm very curious about them. I've heard good things from credible sources who have toured their workshop. I've also heard there are fakes on Ebay. I'll invest very little to find out.
But will you look at that fishtail?
Estates are so fun, I think. Just like you I like finding ponies in the pile of poop. 😂
Congrats on great finds.
Here's the Uke currently traveling to me from Canada. Good dealings with Steve at Reborn. He's willing to make a deal. And shipped same day.
I'm happy to see how the forum is growing and everyone here have been important to make this space like it is. Tnks you all. 🍻 🍻
Not my newest pipe, but I just got it repaired. One sad night, while waiting for a train, the pipe fell from my mouth and the stem broke, then a drunk rich man with a bottle of expensive rhum come talking to me, but I wasn't listening: I was holding my little broken pipe, feeling quite astounded by this strange, tom waits' vibe night.
I got the pipe repaired, it's a very good job, but the stem is not as light as the original, and it's quit thicker, so I will need to re-adapt myself to it...
I mean...
I probably would
Are you gonna put some latakia on the left and some virginia ond the right and make your own Commonwealth?
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