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This shape 677 is a Savinelli original, reminiscent of a bent Rhodesian, a pleasure to hold. The large bowl is comfortable with a bevelled rim; the oval shank provides the touch of elegance.
The grain adds to the elegance. Flame Grain, flaring diagonally from the BirdsEye under the shank across the one side and the front of the bowl, and partially up the other side. Where the two flames meet, on each side, you'll find swirling BirdsEye.
A pleasure just to look at.
The colouring is perfect for the lovely grain pattern.
This pipe was personally selected from the Savinelli factory, Barasso Italy
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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The “classic” pipe that made the name “Savinelli” famous all over the world thanks to the high quality briar and to the ultimate care in production. The Gold Dot is the stamp of excellence.
How shattering to find, just as the final stages of preparation were reached, a tiny surface flaw that required a filling.
Too late to downgrade, all that could be done was to stamp the pipe with R for rejected, and offer it to a a small distributor at half price.
We were the fortunate distributor - you are the fortunate pipe smoker.