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Castello nomenclature on my sea rock
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<blockquote data-quote="glpease" data-source="post: 4507" data-attributes="member: 18"><p>Puff, π generally reflects that there is something "different" about the carving on a Sea Rock. It could be a smooth panel, or the circular spots, like on my 55, or something only known by the mind of the guy who stamped it. Previous to the π stamping, the shape number was prefixed by a 3, as in 355. The other prefix digit is a 2, which represents some significant deviation from the shape. I'm not sure when the π came into being, but I've got examples of both types of stamping. </p><p></p><p>The N is for Novelli in Rome, the shop to which the pipe was originally sold. The Italian dealers each have their own initial, and pipes destined for the US market are stamped "US."</p><p></p><p>I just updated my <a href="http://www.glpease.com/Pipes/Collection/castello.html" target="_blank">collection page</a>. There are a couple more interesting pieces I've gotten in the past months, and there are a couple waiting to be photographed. I'm STILL in my phase of Castello madness, and have been selling off a lot of other stuff to get more of them. Fantastic smoking pipes!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="glpease, post: 4507, member: 18"] Puff, π generally reflects that there is something "different" about the carving on a Sea Rock. It could be a smooth panel, or the circular spots, like on my 55, or something only known by the mind of the guy who stamped it. Previous to the π stamping, the shape number was prefixed by a 3, as in 355. The other prefix digit is a 2, which represents some significant deviation from the shape. I'm not sure when the π came into being, but I've got examples of both types of stamping. The N is for Novelli in Rome, the shop to which the pipe was originally sold. The Italian dealers each have their own initial, and pipes destined for the US market are stamped "US." I just updated my [url=http://www.glpease.com/Pipes/Collection/castello.html]collection page[/url]. There are a couple more interesting pieces I've gotten in the past months, and there are a couple waiting to be photographed. I'm STILL in my phase of Castello madness, and have been selling off a lot of other stuff to get more of them. Fantastic smoking pipes! [/QUOTE]
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