Gosh, I dono. I know Castellos have a great rep and all that and they are thought very highly of, but there is no way I could justify those prices for those pipes to myself.
There are certainly some pipes I would be willing to pay that much for (if I had it), but I have yet to see a Castello anywhere on the internet that strikes my fancy enough to justify the pricetag of 'em. They are definately "neat" pipes to my inexperienced eyes, but they seem to lack the sexiness of shape and beutifull geometry and lines that I lust after. Then again, I am not a fancier of Italian pipes all that much, so I guess it is all relative.
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Even the grain on those pipes doesn't look all that special to me. For that kinda coin I would expect some serious straight/cross/birdseye grainage or a super nice blast.