Coolest Savinelli Pipe I Have Seen So Far

[Dshift]

Ok time for a controversial opinion... I really don't like Savinelli as a brand....
Their low grade pipes are shit and overpriced ( Rossi are great because of the lower price) bit that's not why I don't like the brand... It's the high grades that are the biggest offenders - i have seen so many 180$+ pipes with crazy amount of fills; from the over 10 straight grain stamped pipes I have restored only two had a grain that remotely resembled a straight grain... Even their highest grade Giubileo, which is a 1000$ pipe, was at best comparable to the Charatan's Belvedere grade, but with a golden ring and an atrocious stem and a non existent button...
This being said, i was blown away by the Autograph pipe i am restoring right now and especially by the amount of thought which was put into it...
We have a nice straight grain on the sides...
...a beautifully blended sandblasted area on the front, revealing a gorgeous ring grain...
... And bird's eye on the rim.
And finally i love it when brands don't completely flatten the service, so you can see a relief of the ring grain peak from underneath the straight grain, just gorgeous!

 

[anotherbob]

that's a lovely pipe. Glad someone else is not as impressed with Savs as many seem to be. I mean if Vauen wasn't a brand it might be a different story.

 

[howdy]

Really cool partial blast. I like partial rustications a lot, but I've never seen the rustication part all on the front, very nice. And growth rings peeking through on the sides to boot

 

[ssjones]

Autographs are well crafted, but too large for me. I like the Giubileo d'Oro line, great shapes, modest in size, vulcanite no filter stems. I believe those stems ended in the mid-80's.

 

[Dshift]

Autographs are well crafted, but too large for me. I like the Giubileo d'Oro line, great shapes, modest in size, vulcanite no filter stems. I believe those stems ended in the mid-80's.

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Those stems look amazing! The ones I have seen so far were all paper thin and practically without a button.. and that's wasn't from over buffing or anything like that.

 

[ssjones]

Those stems look amazing! The ones I have seen so far were all paper thin and practically without a button.. and that's wasn't from over buffing or anything like that.

They do have slim, British like buttons.

 

[Dshift]

They do have slim, British like buttons.

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Yeah ok then, it's a personal preference i guess. I always let a pipe hang and these stems were the worst for me. At same time though, at least in the examples i have seen, the pipes themselves were nothing special, especially considering the 1000$ price point

 

[ashdigger]

Ok time for a controversial opinion... I really don't like Savinelli as a brand..

This isn’t controversial. This is common sense.

 

[ssjones]

Yeah ok then, it's a personal preference i guess. I always let a pipe hang and these stems were the worst for me. At same time though, at least in the examples i have seen, the pipes themselves were nothing special, especially considering the 1000$ price point

Where are you seeing $1000 Sav GBD's? They run $250 - $600 on Ebay. Modern ones are 6mm pipes (apparently they'll make a non-filter stem after ordering) and acrylic stems, that's a no-go for me.

 

[Dshift]

This isn’t controversial. This is common sense.

You would be surprised... To be completely honest i haven't been much in little Italy on this forum so I don't know what the general opinion of the other members is

 

[Dshift]

Where are you seeing $1000 Sav GBD's? They run $250 - $600 on Ebay. Modern ones are 6mm pipes (apparently they'll make a non-filter stem after ordering) and acrylic stems, that's a no-go for me.

I mean the 1000$ new price point if I recall correctly

 

[Dshift]

This isn’t controversial. This is common sense.

Ok let me give controversial opinions another go... Modern Peterson Supremes - also extremely overrated?

 

[ashdigger]

Almost every modern Pete is overrated.

Quality had improved since the new owners took control.

Having said that, every pipe is overrated to some and underrated by others.