Struggling to find its way to me through Posteitaliane is this utterly clean first period Caminetto AR Exellence Flame pipe, I love it.
Caminetto Ascorti Radice First Period Excellence Flame
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Super cool, barely smoked and utterly clean ( mortise ! ) . Plenty bare straight grain still shows in the chamber.
The make is immaculate and the flame grain is magic. Incredible shape modelling and I love the wavy rim .
These very early pipes were no less than superb; ( grain wise ) equal or better than many a Britwood .
And yet Italian pipes fly a little under radar on the forums. Wonder why that is ?
This pipe only takes very little cleaning ( the moustache could do with a little gold cloured make up ) en voila !
No odour of tobacco whatsoever, so no cotton ball alcohol treatment.
The make is immaculate and the flame grain is magic. Incredible shape modelling and I love the wavy rim .
These very early pipes were no less than superb; ( grain wise ) equal or better than many a Britwood .
And yet Italian pipes fly a little under radar on the forums. Wonder why that is ?
This pipe only takes very little cleaning ( the moustache could do with a little gold cloured make up ) en voila !
No odour of tobacco whatsoever, so no cotton ball alcohol treatment.
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Lovely pipe! It looks like it was smoked once or twice at most. It has not been my impression Italian pipes fly under the radar but they do seem to get less admiration than the great Danes—maybe because the individual carver is rarely credited.
On its way to me and I'm chuffed to bits.
First period Caminetto pipes with the reg.nr. and the NEWDEAR stamp are not often seen .
The stem was lost and replaced by Roberto Ascorti by an original "bird in flight"one :
First period Caminetto pipes with the reg.nr. and the NEWDEAR stamp are not often seen .
The stem was lost and replaced by Roberto Ascorti by an original "bird in flight"one :
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Very nice pipes!! I have a Caminetto from 1974, but I don't know is that is "first period" or not.
A very beautiful pipe and the New Dear finish is one of the better ones I have seen. In general, I preferred the "Business" finish.
I have two "gold moustache" era pipes with the Tinderbox stamp I purchased in the 70s and two others I got as estates, one is an AR stamped pipe. They are all excellent smokers. Smooth finish pipes from the early years seem less common, though I recall seeing some "Super Moustache" pipes that were just fabulous if totally un-affordable for me!
I have two "gold moustache" era pipes with the Tinderbox stamp I purchased in the 70s and two others I got as estates, one is an AR stamped pipe. They are all excellent smokers. Smooth finish pipes from the early years seem less common, though I recall seeing some "Super Moustache" pipes that were just fabulous if totally un-affordable for me!
This is one of my smoothies, an Excellence Flame :
one of my smoothies :
one of my smoothies :
Those are some fine looking pipes. The one in the original post has magnum scale, and I especially like the plateau on the shank, and the unique freehand interpretation.
When freehand pipes are done well they have an admirable improvisational quality. That's why the cheapies done on assembly lines are offensive. Nording does good ones even on the assembly lines, but few do.
When freehand pipes are done well they have an admirable improvisational quality. That's why the cheapies done on assembly lines are offensive. Nording does good ones even on the assembly lines, but few do.
Picture pretty please with sugar on top
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I will try, but it may take a while.
Very, very sweet .
I do not so much speak Italian, but I take you are in desperate need of a new mouthpiece, right ?
Contact Roberto Ascorti, I believe he still replaces stems identical to original.
ascortipipe@tin.it
Caminetto's time line :
Here's a quick snapshot of my Caminettos. All of mine are in the "Business" finish.No matter, we'll practise patience.
It would be greatly appreciated though
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Love this thread, and thanks for the photos. While I love the deep, crude rustication of the earliest pipes, they also had the tendency to have thin walls. I'm sure they're great smokers with quality craftsmanship, but that is one con you'll often, but not always, find with them. Or at least, that's something I don't like about them. I've been fascinated with this brand for decades and owned many. While everyone was trading Dunhills, I was hanging with these $30ers. I've even been tempted a few times to start a website just of photos I've saved. But...BUT...I also selfishly do not want to encourage competition. As I often say, only fools share their favorite fishing spots (I don't fish).