Castello

[Airborne]

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[Buckshot]

That is one gorgeous pipe, John. (Nice photo composition, too.)

 

[faccia]

Great looking pipe. Good smoking

 

[Doc Manhattan]

A beautiful pipe in (to my eyes) a very Italian shape!

(The first vowel in 'Castello' would be rhyme with "bah," like Scrooge or a sheep says.)

 

[Schacht]

Wonderful - I like this pipe very much! The flow and the harmonic correlation between grain and shape is really worth seeing.

Thanks for showing this and kind regards
Thilo

P.S.: I´m unsure if phonetics are international, but I think so. As far as I see it´s pronounced [kasˈtɛllo], this website offers the opportunity to hear the term spoken by italian natives.

 

[Zeno Marx]

I really like the #55 shape. Take breaking it in very slowly, particularly the bottom of the bowl. I've seen several Castellos with very bottom of the bowl burnout (always the straight shape #s). I suspect they carve thinner bottoms than many. Just a hunch. Too many for it to always be the fault of the smokers.

and a good read, including eye candy:
http://glpease.com/Pipes/Collection/castello.html

 

[Guy]

Unique shape nice grain, I would think like most large pipe makers Sardinian and Corsican briar.

 

[Airborne]

That is one gorgeous pipe, John. (Nice photo composition, too.)

Thanks, David. Appreciate the comment.

Have a great weekend.

 

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[Airborne]

A beautiful pipe in (to my eyes) a very Italian shape!

(The first vowel in 'Castello' would be rhyme with "bah," like Scrooge or a sheep says.)

Thanks much. Yes, I thought that was the correct pronunciation, but I thought I read somewhere that it was pronounced in a not too obvious way. My mistake.

 

[Airborne]

Wonderful - I like this pipe very much! The flow and the harmonic correlation between grain and shape is really worth seeing.

Thanks for showing this and kind regards
Thilo

P.S.: I´m unsure if phonetics are international, but I think so. As far as I see it´s pronounced [kasˈtɛllo], this website offers the opportunity to hear the term spoken by italian natives.

Thank you, sir, and have a wonderful weekend!

 

[Airborne]

I really like the #55 shape. Take breaking it in very slowly, particularly the bottom of the bowl. I've seen several Castellos with very bottom of the bowl burnout (always the straight shape #s). I suspect they carve thinner bottoms than many. Just a hunch. Too many for it to always be the fault of the smokers.

and a good read, including eye candy:
http://glpease.com/Pipes/Collection/castello.html

Thanks for the advice, Zeno and for the link. It was very interesting reading. Have a great weekend.

 

[Airborne]

Unique shape nice grain, I would think like most large pipe makers Sardinian and Corsican briar.

Yes, that's what I thought too about the briar. But this is the hardest pipe I've ever had! Smoking great though.

 

[djf1]

LOVE Castello's! Wish I had more money for more All 3 of mine are great smokers indeed... must be the air in Cantu!

Wonderful shape and pipe John!