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Castello "US" Stamp Question
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<blockquote data-quote="Puff Daddy" data-source="post: 230587" data-attributes="member: 3"><p>I've owned and smoked both versions. The smoking differences I can note are regarding the draw in the stem. In some older American versions (with the star inset instead of the white bar) the airway drilling in the acrylic mouthpieces were quite restricted, sometimes so much so that a normal pipe cleaner could barely get through. The modern Castellos (white bar, modern stamping) that I personally smoked were all quite excellent in that area.</p><p></p><p>As far as the little star inset as the logo for the American issue pipes, the story as I understood it was that someone else at the time had the US rights to the white bar as a pipe logo. Once that company ceased to use it (ceased to exist?) then Castello began using it on all pipes. But, for a long time, the white bar designated european release pipes and the little inset foil star designated American release pipes. </p><p></p><p>If I'm wrong about this, I'm open to correction.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Puff Daddy, post: 230587, member: 3"] I've owned and smoked both versions. The smoking differences I can note are regarding the draw in the stem. In some older American versions (with the star inset instead of the white bar) the airway drilling in the acrylic mouthpieces were quite restricted, sometimes so much so that a normal pipe cleaner could barely get through. The modern Castellos (white bar, modern stamping) that I personally smoked were all quite excellent in that area. As far as the little star inset as the logo for the American issue pipes, the story as I understood it was that someone else at the time had the US rights to the white bar as a pipe logo. Once that company ceased to use it (ceased to exist?) then Castello began using it on all pipes. But, for a long time, the white bar designated european release pipes and the little inset foil star designated American release pipes. If I'm wrong about this, I'm open to correction. [/QUOTE]
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