Any knowledgeable Ser Jacopo owners?

crazyhog

Starting to Get Obsessed

May 18, 2015

229

26

• Jun 4, 2019

• #1

I recently came across a Delecta L2 Leonardo. I was surprised to read about the history behind the Leonardo and its "special" engineering. Is there any substance to what is stated? "Twin rolled terraccota cooled by air circulating in the cavity. The pipe that does not get hot". Thanks

 

pepesdad1

Lifer

Feb 28, 2013

1,023

675

• Jun 4, 2019

• #2

Whatever...it is a good looking pipe!

 

mso489

Lifer

Feb 21, 2013

41,210

60,455

• Jun 4, 2019

• #3

I don't have experience with this pipe. I do own one Ser Jacopo that I bought new, and I was and am impressed with the quality. It does not have the terra cotta feature, and in fact is the soul of simplicity, but is beautifully designed and crafted, with a square serpentine shank and saddle stem, and an excellent blast finish on a subtly Dublin bowl, with a wide-open draw. After four or five years it is finally showing a little wear, which is truly flattering to it, to my view.

 

alexnc

Part of the Furniture Now

Oct 25, 2015

953

804

Southeast US

• Jun 4, 2019

• #4

Sorry, cannot clarify anything regarding that pipe. But, I have several other Ser J’s. They’re all excellent pipes and great smokers.

 

cortezattic

Lifer

Nov 19, 2009

15,147

7,638

Chicago, IL

• Jun 5, 2019

• #5

This looks and sounds gimmicky to me, and I can't make sense of the terra cotta thing. I guess the airspace would keep the bowl cooler to the touch, but that may produce long term unanticipated consequences, like giving the impression that you're smoking slower and cooler than is actually the case. And keeping the gap in the wood clear of ash and debris might be a big PITA.

 

the85boro

Might Stick Around

Feb 17, 2019

95

6

• Jun 5, 2019

• #6

I just purchased a ser jacopo apple billiard S2 in 9mm and it is a fantastic smoke.

 

cortezattic

Lifer

Nov 19, 2009

15,147

7,638

Chicago, IL

• Jun 5, 2019

• #7

OK, a quick visit to Al Pascia cleared up a few things. Leonardo invented this pipe in terra cotta; Ser Jacopo reproduces it in briar. The rim of the pipe is a metal inlay(overlay?), perforated by several draft holes, which might reduce the amount of debris that can work its way into the air gap. IMO, gimmicky.

 

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bnichols23

Lifer

Mar 13, 2018

4,131

9,554

SC Piedmont

• Jun 5, 2019

• #8

Slightly off beat as it is, I actually like this one (too many gimmick pipes generally turn me off). I can see it perhaps ultimately becoming a maintenance pain, but it looks OK for at least the medium-term, & I really like the bit architecture!
Bill

 

mso489

Lifer

Feb 21, 2013

41,210

60,455

• Jun 5, 2019

• #9

Anyone who occasionally visits the Ser Jacopo pipes online will be familiar with some of the way-out designs they offer, along with their somewhat more traditional but still unique versions. They make some truly odd designs, but that's part of SJ. My straightforward pipe is just what I like.

 

bnichols23

Lifer

Mar 13, 2018

4,131

9,554

SC Piedmont

• Jun 5, 2019

• #10

Well, you know me -- I like some of the screwy stuff, but get right down to it? Bent bulldog, Canadian, a big fat Lorenzo clone billiard like my IRC? Yeah, truly hard to beat that.

 

madox07

Lifer

Dec 12, 2016

1,823

1,690

• Jun 6, 2019

• #11

This reminds me of a Bentley pipe that I have seen a few years back. That one was perversely over priced.. I will look up a picture if I can find it. Nice bugger though ..

 

madox07

Lifer

Dec 12, 2016

1,823

1,690

• Jun 6, 2019

• #12

there just a stock image, not exactly the one I saw on ebay.de I am guessing that the Ser Jacopo is more price friendly,and quite frankly it looks nicer too.

 

hauntedmyst

Lifer

Feb 1, 2010

4,006

20,751

Chicago

• Jun 7, 2019

• #13

I've owned several Ser Jacopo pipes and they all smoked well with one that burned out. A burn out can happen to any pipe but damn, this one is gorgeous. I've kept the pipe just because it's a beautiful blast. I think Ser Jacopo pipes have some of the best metal, mortise work in the business.

 

mso489

Lifer

Feb 21, 2013

41,210

60,455

• Jun 8, 2019

• #14

It seems to me that SJ prices have really increased in the last five years. I couldn't get an estate SJ of any kind for what I paid for my SJ new, on a great sale at smokingpipes.com. I had a little windfall on a project and decided to celebrate. A whimsical thought and as comic relief, I always wondered if the manufacturers of Brylon pipes (the synthetic material in the 1960's until recently) could be made to smoke cooler and be lighter with air chambers molded in, but I presume the material did not accommodate that kind of molding.