Brand New Armellini Suprema With Sillver Ring $60 on EBay

[mrmachado]

Is this brand good? Reliable? I've never heard of it.
A picture below:

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Yes. If you could buy that for $60, it would be a steal.

 

[mrmachado]

There are several Suprema models with silver rings, all starting at $60.
Should I place a bet on all of them, even if I only want to take one?
Edit.: It seems that no one wants those pipes because of the "androgynous" look, so he lowered some to $55.

 

[cortezattic]

https://pipedia.org/wiki/Armellini

 

[donjgiles]

I believe he is the Savinelli pipe carver who perfected the Capri and Corallo pipes, which are my favorite Savinelli pipes.

 

[agnosticpipe]

I've had several Armellini pipes over the years, and they have all smoked good. I only have one now and I smoke it from time to time. My main problem with them, is the stems are drilled very small, so they had a somewhat restricted draw and it's hard to get a pipe cleaner through. I had one Verona, made by Armellini for the Tinder Box chain that I had no problems with. All mine were also older pipes from the 1970s and 80s so things may be different (better?) now.
That pipe you posted looks really nice though!

 

[mrmachado]

Well, I've just scored it for $59.99.
I hope it's as beautiful as in the pictures and that it smokes well.
Can't wait for it to arrive.
It was a little above my budget, but I had never seen such a beautiful pipe in my life, so I had no choice but to buy it. If such an insanely beautiful pipe doesn't happen to smoke well, it will be very disappointing.

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

@Machado, I think You've gotten a good pipe for that price ,briar on it looks fine and bite comfortable enough, congrats Sir.

 

[anthonyrosenthal74]

It looks like a fantastic pipe! Congratulations and enjoy the heck out of it! :clap:

 

[mrmachado]

Thanks guys! I'll post pics when it arrives and tell you how it performs.

 

[pappymac]

The old Armellini pipes were carved by Mauro Armellini and had his full name stamped on them. The shop is now run by his daughter Vilma Armellini who does some really beautiful "art" pipes as well as the more traditional shapes. I have one carved by Mauro and it's a very good smoker.