The second of the two pipes from my latest Ebay win (the first being a Butz Choquin) is an unsmoked hand made 'freestyle' pipe from an obscure carver known only as Munalli. It is stamped "For Carmignani Roma" which was (possibly still is) a well respected tobacconist in Rome where the likes of Fritz Becker and Baldo Baldi first sold their pipes.
I can find next to nothing of this Munalli chap nor can I find any image of any other pipes he made. He was apparently active in the 1970's and possibly 1980's.
As can be seen it is of a style typical of era and has a beautiful sandblast that really shows the stunning grain of the pipe. It is rather large, giving a good hour and a half smoke and is surprisingly light for its size. The only fault I have with the pipe is the colour which I can only describe as being 'turd brown' 8O
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If anyone has any information on this carver or actually has a pipe made by him then I would love to hear from you.
Regards,
Jay.
I can find next to nothing of this Munalli chap nor can I find any image of any other pipes he made. He was apparently active in the 1970's and possibly 1980's.
As can be seen it is of a style typical of era and has a beautiful sandblast that really shows the stunning grain of the pipe. It is rather large, giving a good hour and a half smoke and is surprisingly light for its size. The only fault I have with the pipe is the colour which I can only describe as being 'turd brown' 8O
http://pipesmagazine.com/wp-content/blogs.
/1/files/album/14153/11x3-600x400.jpg
If anyone has any information on this carver or actually has a pipe made by him then I would love to hear from you.
Regards,
Jay.