Ascorti Cool 2 Sandblasted Reverse Calabash Billiard Estate Briar Pipe, Unsmoked

Description

Ascorti belongs to a historic lineage in Italian artisan pipe-making. Guiseppe ‘Peppino’ Ascorti was first employed as a pipe-maker in the 1950s, in Carlo Scotti’s Castello workshop in Cantu. There he met Luigi Radice, and in the 1960s the two decided to leave Castello to create their own pipe-making workshop, under the name ‘Caminetto.’ At the end of the 1970s, Guiseppe Ascorti and Luigi Radice left Caminetto and once more decided to start new ventures. Luigi Radice founded the Radice pipe workshop, and Guiseppe’s son Roberto Ascorti, who had also worked in the Caminetto workshop since he was a child, decided to create a workshop under his own name. Roberto was joined not only by his father, but also many of the talented craftsmen who had formerly worked for Caminetto. In 1980, the Ascorti workshop was born.

Ascorti’s Cool series features something not typically associated with Italian pipes: a reverse calabash system. Just as a traditional gourd calabash has a hollow cavity under its chamber that allows heat and moisture to disperse before it passes through the pipe’s stem, a reverse calabash is a similar opening within a pipe’s shank. This allows for a cool, dry smoke, while also allowing for the pipe to be a more manageable size than its gourd counterpart. This one is dressed in Ascorti’s light, Sabbia di Oro (“golden sand”) sandblast finish, one that nonetheless highlights plenty of ring grain.

This pipe is completely unsmoked, and comes with its original box and sleeve.

 

Details:

Length: 5″ / 127.0mm

Bowl Width: 0.82 / 20.82mm

Bowl Depth: 1.61″ / 40.89mm

Weight: 1.6oz / 48g