Savinelli Hand Made Smooth Freehand Dublin Estate Briar Pipe, Unsmoked, 6mm

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.

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, or the Artisan), the nature of the series whose name is simply “Hand Made” is still debated. Perhaps they’re Autograph seconds, as some have suggested, or perhaps they were simply another subseries, like the aforementioned Artisan, made in Savinelli’s freehand workshop, but which is not an Autograph.

Whatever the case, all of the Hand Mades I’ve seen thus far have been excellent pipes. As is often the case with Savinelli’s freehand pipes, this one leans a little closer to the English style than the Danish, and even more so in this instance thanks to the pipe’s smooth, claret stain—evoking the form of a make like Charatan and the finishes of one like Dunhill simultaneously.

This pipe is completely unsmoked. As with most modern Savinelli pipes, it is chambered to allow for the use of 6mm filters, such as Savinelli’s own balsa filters, if desired, but will perform perfectly well without one.

Details:

Length: 5.5″ / 139.7mm

Bowl Width: 0.96 / 24.38mm

Bowl Depth: 1.78″ / 45.21mm

Weight: 2.0oz / 58g