Savinelli Punto Oro 623 Smooth Bulldog Estate Briar Pipe, Italian Estates

Description

It is probably fair to say that Savinelli is Italy’s most famous pipe brand. Founded in Milan in 1876 by Achille Savinelli, the brand has continuously offered high quality pipes for nearly 150 years. Though various Savinelli lines have come and gone over the years, the brand has always been notable for putting out classically styled pipes with a distinctly Italian twist.

When Savinelli opened its Milan workshop in 1948, the first pipes made there carried the “Punto Oro,” or “gold point.” Like Dunhill and Sasieni before them, Savinelli pipes thus featured a dot inlay on the top of the stem to distinguish them as high quality smoking instruments. Over the subsequent decades, and with the release of numerous new Savinelli lines, the Punto Oro (and with it the Giubileo D’Oro) became a designation for some of Savinelli’s highest grade pipes, with only around 1% of Savinelli’s entire output earning this qualification. This particular Punto Oro, on the other hand, is, perhaps, somewhat rarer. It’s rendered in Savinelli’s seldom seen “623” bent bulldog shape. Savinelli enthusiasts will likely know that, these days, Savinelli’s standard bulldog shape is the 673 KS, a triangle-shank modern reinterpretation of the old classic. The 623, on the other hand, is all but absent from Savinelli’s current catalog, only appearing in select lines and in far fewer numbers than its sister shapes.

The condition is very good. Some minor inner rim darkening and slight handling marks.

 

Details:

Length: 5.5″ / 139.7mm

Bowl Width: 0.75 / 19.05mm

Bowl Depth: 1.17″ / 29.71mm

Weight: 1.4oz / 42g