Sorry about the confusion.
Emoticon fail, apparently.
:wink: = j/k
j/k = just kidding
I thought it was clearly in jest within the context I said it,
http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/no-stanwell-pipes-at-smokingpipescom#post-732651
But,
I had also failed to notice and take note of Buroak's winking smiley about what he said too! :?
LOL
:D
Oh well.
But,
What if Castello really did do that?
Would the general reaction be the same as with many people saying the Italian Danish Design are equivalent to the Denmark Made pipes?
Would the French made Castello be just as good as the Italian one?
:?:
The romance would be gone,
that's for sure.
:|