Don Carlos 2 Note XL Rusticated Dublin Estate Briar Pipe, Italian Estates

Description

Don Carlos belongs to a historic lineage within Italian pipe making. The workshop was founded by Bruto Sordini (along with his wife Rosaria), who had previously made pipes for Mastro de Paja, where he also met Giancarlo Guidi. In 1981, Sordini and Guidi left Mastro de Paja to found their own workshop, Ser Jacopo. After years of making pipes at Ser Jacopo, Sordini once again departed to found a new venture, as he had ideas for shapes and styles that were quite different to Ser Jacopo’s established design philosophy. Sordini therefore created Don Carlos as a means of expressing this vision, resulting in pipes that are both quintessentially Italian, and bearing aesthetic that is wholly their own.

The Sordinis’ choice of a musical theme for their Don Carlos branding seems particularly appropriate. Many of their designs resemble instruments, but even those that don’t have something of a musical quality to them, in that they flow, like a sweet melody. Despite being rather large and dressed in a sharp, Italian rustication, there is a great smoothness and suppleness to this bent Dublin rendition, culminating in a trumpeting, baritone bowl.

The condition is great. Very minor rim darkening.

Details:

Length: 6.5″ / 165.1mm

Bowl Width: 0.92 / 23.36mm

Bowl Depth: 2.14″ / 54.35mm

Weight: 2.1oz / 62g