Castello's Shape 55 is one of those shapes that you either love or hate. Wherever you stand on that issue, it is clearly an iconic shape in the pipe world. I personally love the pronounced chin on the pipe - it makes for a wonderful hand feel. And every one I have is a monster flake smoker.
For some time I have been on the hunt for a Shape 55 Fiammata, and Mike at briar blues graciously helped me to source this unsmoked one from Italy (the pipe was made in 2001). This pipe is a 3K and also has a marking that says L08. We believe that the LO may stand for the now defunct Lorenzi store in Milan, but we aren't sure what the 8 stands for.
Many thanks to Mike.
For some time I have been on the hunt for a Shape 55 Fiammata, and Mike at briar blues graciously helped me to source this unsmoked one from Italy (the pipe was made in 2001). This pipe is a 3K and also has a marking that says L08. We believe that the LO may stand for the now defunct Lorenzi store in Milan, but we aren't sure what the 8 stands for.
Many thanks to Mike.