Ser Jacopo Maxima S2 Partially Sandblasted Panel Lovat Estate Briar Pipe, Unsmoked

Description

Ser Jacopo is one of the most famous contemporary examples of high-grade, workshop-made Italian pipes. It also belongs to a very special tradition in Italian pipe making, having been established by Giancarlo Guidi and Bruno Sordini after the two had left another great Italian workshop, Mastro de Paja. Together, Guidi and Sordini created a brand of pipes that reflected their Renaissance sensibilities – even the figurehead of Ser Jacopo happens to be taken from a painting of a nobleman from centuries past—one that would soon become esteemed for creating unique and beautiful tobacco pipes that smoked just as perfectly as they looked.

Since the workshop’s early years, Ser Jacopo has used the “Maxima” designation for oversized pipes—i.e., pipes that are significantly larger than the average Ser Jacopo. While in more recent times, the use of the “Maxima” designation has been expanded, leading some, gargantuan Ser Jacopo pipes to be stamped with up to eight “Maxima”s respective to their size, even a single “Maxima” from the workshop is quite a big pipe.

At over 7 inches in length, this particular Maxima sits safely in the camp of a “mini magnum,” or a “semi-giant” as an old English pipe company used to say. The design is nicely traditional, in keeping with that same old English aesthetic—one might consider it a quaint of sorts, taking the form of a paneled Lovat, dressed in a particularly craggy rendition the Ser Jacopo workshop’s light brown sandblast finish.

This pipe is completely unsmoked, with an original bowl coating. It comes with its original box and sleeve.

Details:

Length: 7.2″ / 182.8mm

Bowl Width: 0.93 / 23.62mm

Bowl Depth: 1.95″ / 45.21mm

Weight: 2.7oz / 78g