Any Savinelli Series 3 Owners?

[fightnhampster]

As far as quality goes, they are great smokers. Mine have a few small fills but nothing major.

I have noticed that both of them are very slightly off in their shape. Where the bulldog comes to a point along the bottom is off center, and the 320 is not perfectly round. When it sits flat it leans slightly to the side.

My guess is that is why the two I have did not pass quality control at the Savinelli factory. No biggie at all to me, but I can see how that might annoy some people.

 

[weezell]

New

after time

. I have 3 and all are spot on...

 

[ghingo]

Here's mine. In Italy we call them "grezze": unfinished. They all have some defect that prevents them to join Savinelli's main line of production. Those defects are of aesthetic nature so they smoke as well as their more refined counterparts.

Here's the same pipe after I rusticated and stained it. It's one of my best smoking pipes.

 

[instymp]

They color quite nicely.

I have one & colored nicely, not that shape though. Done buying pipes but if I could find that one, will buy it tonight. (Probably)

 

[ghingo]

This came in the mail today...

... and here's why It's an unfinished Savinelli:

Hopefully after a "deep" rustication process and a dark stain it will change for the better ...

 

[Osawa]

Eddie Gray @ The Pipe Nook...here are mine. They are excellent smokers as most Savinelli pipes are. ️
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Love this shape! Do you know the number? I couldn't find it on Savinellis Website...

 

[Spinkle]

A great smoker. It oils up dark and shows some grain. But a water rinse returns it to clean natural Briar.

Don't mean to necro this further but can't help myself: what do you do to get oil out of an unfinished stummel? Just pure water rinse under the tap? Any soap or anything?

 

[UncleRasta]

I have a 207, two 506's, two 644's, and a 645. All smoke very nicely indeed, and I love the fact I get to watch the color develop. Excellent pipes. I have no issue with any minor flaws as I am myself a flawed individual.

 

[ray47]

View attachment 87994Love this shape! Do you know the number? I couldn't find it on Savinellis Website...

I believe it's a 677KS

 

[John C.]

I'm disappointed that this series was discontinued. These are some of my best smoking pipes.

 

[OSOBUCO]

My Sav Ghibli 614. Scored on ebay for $75 unsmoked Do I leave it unfinished??

 

[TheIronMonkey]

It's up to you what you choose to do with your pipe. It was released unfinished and intended to be raw. The cool thing about leaving the pipe unfinished is you get to see it colour over time, just from your hand oils. I took my Baraccini 320 KS (raw and unfinished, like a Series III, and almost identical to a Savinelli 320 KS with the exception of its chamber being narrower) out of its box last night and smoked it for the first time:



I just took the photo below a few minutes ago to show you how it has already darkened from handling during my single smoking session:

 

[OSOBUCO]

It's up to you what you choose to do with your pipe. It was released unfinished and intended to be raw. The cool thing about leaving the pipe unfinished is you get to see it colour over time, just from your hand oils.

Yeah - that's what I was leaning towards

 

[LudwigB88]

Guy on eBay from Italy has them pretty regularly. For about $50 per pipe plus $20 shipping, so it’s best to order two or more and save with combined shipping. Mine arrived in two days! That being said, you can get a finished Rossi (sub brand of Savinelli) for $68. But if you like raw briar and don’t mind some fills, the Series 3 are great. The pipe’s draft hole is just as great as any Savinelli.

 

[Cucamonga95]

New

after time

. I have 3 and all are spot on...

God damn man, that is a handsome pipe