Ser Jacopo Maxima S2 Sandblasted Apple 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.

This one takes the form of a strikingly rotund, full-bent, apple, with a figure that, intentionally or otherwise, has something of a Danish edge to it. The finishing on the other hand, is far more neoclassical in the Pesaro vein, with the bowl having been carved in a cross-cut fashion to draw out a rich, dark, bird’s-eye blast at each of its sides.

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

Details:

Length: 6.6″ / 167.6mm

Bowl Width: 0.83 / 21.08mm

Bowl Depth: 1.92″ / 48.76mm

Weight: 3.6oz / 104g