CURVY #2--by Al Pascia

[Bandik]

Received today ^CURVY 2^-- by (( and from) Al Pascia : on the Pipe,-it says 'Made in Italy' : I am wondering,---Who Is// Are---the actual ( Pipe) Makers ?

 

[burleybreath]

Probably someone like Barontini, or one of several others--maybe even Savinelli. And house brands generally don't stick to just one manufacturer, so it becomes moot. You could ask Al Pascia.

How does it smoke? I've always been curious about them.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Interesting that they're still using the Gubbels design of the original curvy.

 

[Bandik]

Probably someone like Barontini, or one of several others--maybe even Savinelli. And house brands generally don't stick to just one manufacturer, so it becomes moot. You could ask Al Pascia.

How does it smoke? I've always been curious about them.

It arrived yesterday, and I had the 1-st smoke : Nice. NB from Al Pascia, I have also bought *CHURCHWARDEN 2*---Mouthpiece, so now--I.ve got Reverse Calabash//Churchwarden

 

[ssjones]

I had one, it smoked well, but I couldn't wrap my head around the design, too far out of my wheelhouse. Reverse calabash pipes were all the rage 5-6 years ago.

 

[alpascia]

Interesting that they're still using the Gubbels design of the original curvy.

We greatly appreciate your interest. The Curvy pipe was introduced in 2015 and has always been under the Al Pascià brand. Initially, it was produced for us by Gubbels (which also manufactures the Big Ben, Hilson, and Porsche Design brands) and is now made in Italy. For the production of Al Pascià Curvy pipes, we exclusively use briar that we select at the sawmill of Mimmo Romeo and rely on our own craftsmen for their construction.

 

[Chasing Embers]

We greatly appreciate your interest. The Curvy pipe was introduced in 2015 and has always been under the Al Pascià brand. Initially, it was produced for us by Gubbels (which also manufactures the Big Ben, Hilson, and Porsche Design brands) and is now made in Italy. For the production of Al Pascià Curvy pipes, we exclusively use briar that we select at the sawmill of Mimmo Romeo and rely on our own craftsmen for their construction.

Being a big fan of Gubbels, I knew that. Just interesting that unlike other brands the shape has remained unchanged since Big Ben's Barbados pipes.