Savinelli Autograph Free Style Panel pipe, 6mm option 54-SavAutoFSPan-6B

R14,350.00

The best of both worlds:
The sandblasted panels show the ring grain in relief, the smooth panels allow you to appreciate the matching straight grain.
The whole pipe was sandblasted, with the front panel, the nearside, and the top of the shank carefully polished removing the surface sandblasting in order to display the fine grain.
Check the mirror smooth inside of the bowl to confirm the straight grain.
Just visualise holding the pipe – your hand wraps around the sandblasted panel, a soothing tactile experience – Colin always said “finger-rubbing good”. And straight in front of you is the smooth panel with hints of black stain from the sandblasted sections.
This is a real handful – a very large piece of briar. Rare.
A Free Style pipe – the artist allowed the briar to talk to him so he could emphasize the best attributes.
The quarter bent “squared oval” stem suits the large bowl, allows the pipe to stand, and interestingly defines the cross grain.
The mouthpiece has the original Achille Savinelli signature – the final mark of high quality.
This pipe was personally selected from the Savinelli factory, Barasso Italy

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Description

Weight 65g
Inside bowl diameter 19mm
Inside bowl depth 45mm

Savinelli Autograph
Completely handmade, unique and unrepeatable – bearing the signature of Achille Savinelli. These exclusive pipes, which all Collectors covet, are carved by only a few skilled workers from the finest briar blocks personally selected by Giancarlo Savinelli, great grandson of the Founder, who currently heads the company.
From the Savinelli website:
This rare, unique and irreplaceable pipe, is shaped from the raw material following the grain and the “fiammatura” (“flame”), which Mother Nature has put at our disposal, according to the artistic mood of our master craftsmen. The wood is natural and the shape is unique for each piece. The name “Autograph” was created from the handwritten signature of Achille Savinelli Senior printed on the mouthpiece.
These pipes are created according to the characteristics of the raw material: the briar, and as a consequence their shapes are affected by the necessity and the creativeness. Practically they are all unique.

Are they worth the extra price?
The demand for Prestige Pipes is testimony to the fact that they are appreciated for their smoking quality, beauty of the grain and their rarity. They are always in short supply – testing the integrity of the manufacturer, but a top quality manufacturer will not lower his standards.

Additional information

Weight 222 g