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Are Castellos Better Than Radices?
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<blockquote data-quote="Sasquatch" data-source="post: 525255" data-attributes="member: 509"><p>Castellos are not twice as expensive as Radices in Italy - try buying direct and you'll feel better about the price point I think. </p><p></p><p>Anyway, in terms of "quality" I suppose it depends on how you are judging. I think both brands smoke well. Castello's worst stem work and shaping is pretty bad. Their best stem work and shaping is much better than Radice's - Radice does NOT do "classic shapes" really, they do a quick approximation, with a lot of meat left on the bone, so to speak, which partly accounts for the price point. Radice's basic rustication (bark) is not as nice as Sea Rock in any way. </p><p></p><p>I never see a Radice where I think "Wow that's great shaping, what a pipe." I see a lot of stuff that's.... okay. But if you want a 22 g billiard, yeah, Radice doesn't do that kind of thing, or not often anyway. I see lots of mouthpieces that are hugely wide and awkwardly tapered. </p><p></p><p>I have about 6 Castellos now and just the one Radice... it's an older oil cured one, heavy as hell. It smokes great. But I'll pay the little extra for some of the details that go into a Castello's "guts".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sasquatch, post: 525255, member: 509"] Castellos are not twice as expensive as Radices in Italy - try buying direct and you'll feel better about the price point I think. Anyway, in terms of "quality" I suppose it depends on how you are judging. I think both brands smoke well. Castello's worst stem work and shaping is pretty bad. Their best stem work and shaping is much better than Radice's - Radice does NOT do "classic shapes" really, they do a quick approximation, with a lot of meat left on the bone, so to speak, which partly accounts for the price point. Radice's basic rustication (bark) is not as nice as Sea Rock in any way. I never see a Radice where I think "Wow that's great shaping, what a pipe." I see a lot of stuff that's.... okay. But if you want a 22 g billiard, yeah, Radice doesn't do that kind of thing, or not often anyway. I see lots of mouthpieces that are hugely wide and awkwardly tapered. I have about 6 Castellos now and just the one Radice... it's an older oil cured one, heavy as hell. It smokes great. But I'll pay the little extra for some of the details that go into a Castello's "guts". [/QUOTE]
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