Brebbia Pipes: What Do You Think?

[newbroom]

I'm hoping this is a Brebbia. It might be.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/171615434940?_trksid=p2059210.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

 

[freakiefrog]

I have just the one and it is one of my favorites. Very well made and smokes like a dream.

 

[huntertrw]

mso489:
I have one Brebbia pipe, an estate Gala three-star First (shape No. 981) with silver ferrule and spigot which I purchased for $15.00 a few years back at an antique mall. It is a smaller pipe (particularly through the stem) than I normally prefer; however, having said that, it IS an outstanding smoker!

 

[tuold]

newbroom, I was watching that one too. It was tempting. Is that you who bought it? I think it was a steal at that price.
There was a Brebbia Iceberg unsmoked, in the box for bids starting at $39.00 earlier last week. I wish I could afford to buy everything I liked!

 

[natibo]

I think they are crap. Save up and buy a Castello, Caminetto, Ser Jacopo, etc. You get what you pay for.

 

[tuold]

I think they are crap. Save up and buy a Castello, Caminetto, Ser Jacopo, etc. You get what you pay for.

8O
My pipe is not a dog rocket!

 

[huntertrw]

natibo:
I beg to differ. I have a Gianni Davoli-era Caminetto Business billiard, and the Brebbia Gala Three-Star First which I mentioned in my post above smokes every bit as well. To each his own!

 

[tobyducote]

I have a couple Brebbias and they are fantastic smokers..in fact there is one that I always use for the slow smoke contests....one of my longest smoking pipes and amazing draw.

 

[peteguy]

I'm very happy with my Barbi. Every bit as good as any other Italian pipe I have ever hand in my hands.

 

[sablebrush52]

Brebbias are excellent smokers and very underrated.

 

[newbroom]

tuold, yep, that wuz meself.

I hadn't bought a pipe in a while and even though I'm not able to read any stamping in those pics, that pipe looks just like one I saw listed elsewhere as a Brebbia. It was unsmoked and had the same marking on the stem.

 

[newbroom]

Update on my RokRoot. It has no stampings showing Brebbia. It says RokRoot on one side of the shank and Real Briar on the other.

It is noticeably better smoking pipe than any other briar I have smoked thus far. Not to have confused anyone by my previous post, MY pipe is lightly smoked. The draw is just so wide open as to be incomparable to any other pipe I've smoked, it's almost scary how open it is, yet it allows me to sip and enjoy its contents at a nice, easy pace.

 

[toby67]

They look like nice pipes, how much are they new.
Also the "yardsticks" as you called them look like a straight version of a Churchwarden. Wouldn't that long shank make them cumbersome to handle whilst smoking?

 

[pylorns]

I have one I picked up at last years KC show - has meerschaum bowl, really nice and I use it to sample new stuff.

 

[newbroom]

I've had good luck with my meer lined acquisitions. They smoke cool and dry and don't weigh a lot.

 

[foggymountain]

I had one. The finish was varnish. Junk!

 

[peteguy]

Very nice pipe pylorns.

 

[toby67]

That's a beautiful pipe Pyloms

 

[tuold]

toby67

Also the "yardsticks" as you called them look like a straight version of a Churchwarden. Wouldn't that long shank make them cumbersome to handle whilst smoking?

The Iceberg is not a pipe I walk around the house smoking, but it is fairly light at just a tad over an ounce. It's got a nice wide, flared bit so it is easy to clench. The length could be a problem when doing close work. It does smoke really well with that spacious tobacco chamber and long stem. It's one of my favorite pipes.

 

[delkhouri]

I have a Brebbia Pura Grade pipe that smokes very well.
I would say that in general as a brand Brebbia quality is pretty comparable to Savinelli when comparing similarly priced pipes.