Recently bought a Luciano pipe from smokingpipes.com. I was snagged by the author shape, since I
was rewarding myself for getting paid an honorarium for a publication. The Luciano write-up on SPC
says some of the Radice family work on the Luciano pipes. They are machine made but hand finished,
and seem to seek to give an upper level experience in a mid-level pipe, and do that well. Handsome
rendition of the author shape, perfect drilling so far as I can tell, and lovely grain in the wood. Nice
balance, a little bit of heft for the size, but not overweight. Nice job, from Luciano. I'm breaking it
in slow and easy.
was rewarding myself for getting paid an honorarium for a publication. The Luciano write-up on SPC
says some of the Radice family work on the Luciano pipes. They are machine made but hand finished,
and seem to seek to give an upper level experience in a mid-level pipe, and do that well. Handsome
rendition of the author shape, perfect drilling so far as I can tell, and lovely grain in the wood. Nice
balance, a little bit of heft for the size, but not overweight. Nice job, from Luciano. I'm breaking it
in slow and easy.
