I've seen this stamping on a few differently-shaped Brebbias, alongside their respective shape numbers. Curious to know, I e-mailed them to find out, & here is what the owner said:
"Dear balkisobrains,
"186" was the name of a series of 6 shapes of very good quality pipes with the original Newyork Hamburger cumberland mouthpieces made in the 1986 .
This number is not to confuse with the shape number that in every shape is always positioned on the shank at the junction with the mouthpiece below.
Best regards
Luciano Buzzi
Pipe Brebbia Srl
via Piave 21
21020 Brebbia
Italy tel +390332770286
fax +390332770265
handy +393356090210
www.brebbiapipe.it
info@brebbiapipe.it"
So there you go, in case anyone has ever wondered.
Also, their website has been upgraded & is a lot better than before.
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"Dear balkisobrains,
"186" was the name of a series of 6 shapes of very good quality pipes with the original Newyork Hamburger cumberland mouthpieces made in the 1986 .
This number is not to confuse with the shape number that in every shape is always positioned on the shank at the junction with the mouthpiece below.
Best regards
Luciano Buzzi
Pipe Brebbia Srl
via Piave 21
21020 Brebbia
Italy tel +390332770286
fax +390332770265
handy +393356090210
www.brebbiapipe.it
info@brebbiapipe.it"
So there you go, in case anyone has ever wondered.
Also, their website has been upgraded & is a lot better than before.
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