Savinelli Hand Made Sandblasted Stack Dublin (Unsmoked Estate)

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.

Savinelli’s “Hand Made” pipes are slightly mysterious. That Savinelli produces handmade pipes is not a mystery; the company has had a dedicated workshop for freehand pipes for decades, with the flagship series from that workshop being the Autograph. But while there are a few other non-Autograph handmade Savinellis (such as the Mignon, the Artisan, or the Linea Piu), the nature of the series whose name is simply “Hand Made” is still debated. Perhaps they were Autograph seconds, as some have suggested, or perhaps they were simply another subseries, like those mentioned, which were made in Savinelli’s freehand workshop, but which were not Autographs. I can’t say for certain, but I can say that, in my experience, they’ve been very nice briars. This one is a stacked, slightly freeform Dublin rendition, with a tricorner shank and a craggy, brick-red sandblast.

This pipe is completely unsmoked.

Details:

Length: 6.2″ / 157.4mm

Bowl Width: 0.89 / 22.60mm

Bowl Depth: 2.24″ / 56.89mm

Weight: 2.0oz / 58g