Savinelli Punto Oro 127 w/ Gold Sandblasted Billiard Estate Briar Pipe, 6mm, 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.

When Savinelli opened its Milan workshop in 1948, the first pipes made there carried the “Punto Oro,” or “gold point.” Like Dunhill and Sasieni before them, Savinelli pipes thus featured a dot inlay on the top of the stem to distinguish them as high quality smoking instruments. Over the subsequent decades, and with the release of numerous new Savinelli lines, the Punto Oro (and with it the Giubileo D’Oro) became a designation for some of Savinelli’s highest grade pipes, with only around 1% of Savinelli’s entire output earning this qualification. In even more rare situations, however, Punto Oro pipes may be given extra adornments. Judging by the consistency of the ring grain in its sandblast finish, I’d imagine this was why it earned an additional, solid gold collar, which even Punto Oro and Guibileo D’Oro pipes are seldom bestowed.

This pipe is completely unsmoked, with an original bowl coating. Like many Savinelli pipes, this one has a tenon that will fit 6mm filters, such as Savinelli’s own balsa filters, but the pipe will perform just as well without a filter if preferred.

 

Details:

Length: 6.2″ / 157.4mm

Bowl Width: 0.78 / 19.81mm

Bowl Depth: 1.67″ / 42.41mm

Weight: 1.3oz / 38g