Savinelli Autograph 3 Partially Sandblasted Freehand Estate Briar Pipe, Unsmoked

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.

Like the Charatan freehand workshop in mid-20th century England, or Tsuge’s Ikebana workshop in late 20th century and 21st century Japan, Savinelli has its own, special area of the company’s campus reserved for master artisans, where non-standard pipe shapes are carved using techniques that are closer to handicraft than mechanized, mass production. Sometimes the Autograph workshop produces hand-turned re-imaginings of more classic designs; and other times it produces pipes that are a little more like the Danish “fancy” freehands of Preben Holm et al.; and, most often, Autographs are somewhere in between, embodying a distinctly Italian approach to handmade pipes that sits about halfway between the English and Danish styles. I’d say this one fits the latter mold very nicely, taking the form of a two-tone, mixed finish, plateaux-topped Dublin-lumberman of sorts.

This pipe is completely unsmoked, with an original bowl coating. Some very minor stem oxidation and slight handling marks.

Details:

Length: 5.8″ / 147.3mm

Bowl Width: 0.87 / 22.09mm

Bowl Depth: 1.94″ / 49.27mm

Weight: 2.1oz / 60g