Don Carlo2 Fiammata 3 Note

[Gus]

A few days ago I received this pipe, a Don Carlos Fiammata 3 Note, I bought it from a private collector in Italy. It is unused, this gentleman bought a lot of pipes but smoked very little. It is prior to the year 2000 and from what Bruto Sordini has confirmed to me from 1997/98.









I decided to ask Bruto for it, if he remembered it, we maintain friendship and we talk by email or whastap.

My surprise was huge when I saw that in his email he told me this:



translate:

"Good morning, Gus, the one in the attached photo is the only Don Carlos pipe marked so marked , Flamed 2 notes + one note. Initially I had marked 2 notes, then looking at it better and seeing that it was beautiful I added another one. It has never happened to me to mark in this way again. Today the price of a Don Carlos Fiammata 3 notes is never less than 1000 euros.

If you need anything else, I'm always here.

Regards,

Bruto"

then, I have a unique pipe, with a Don Carlos marking that has never been made again.

the pipe cost me less than a third of what Bruto estimates its current value, not for leess 1000 €, +/- 1200 USD, in other words, I found a fantastic bargain.

Now I'm sad to use it for the first time...

 

[ofafeather]

A few days ago I received this pipe, a Don Carlos Fiammata 3 Note, I bought it from a private collector in Italy. It is unused, this gentleman bought a lot of pipes but smoked very little. It is prior to the year 2000 and from what Bruto Sordini has confirmed to me from 1997/98.

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I decided to ask Bruto for it, if he remembered it, we maintain friendship and we talk by email or whastap.

My surprise was huge when I saw that in his email he told me this:

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translate:

"Good morning, Gus, the one in the attached photo is the only Don Carlos pipe marked so marked , Flamed 2 notes + one note. Initially I had marked 2 notes, then looking at it better and seeing that it was beautiful I added another one. It has never happened to me to mark in this way again. Today the price of a Don Carlos Fiammata 3 notes is never less than 1000 euros.

If you need anything else, I'm always here.

Regards,

Bruto"

then, I have a unique pipe, with a Don Carlos marking that has never been made again.

the pipe cost me less than a third of what Bruto estimates its current value, not for leess 1000 €, +/- 1200 USD, in other words, I found a fantastic bargain.

Now I'm sad to use it for the first time...

Wow! Congratulations on a fantastic find. I hope that you use it in good health and get many amazing smokes from it.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

That's a real beauty.

 

[Chasing Embers]

That is a fine example of Bruto's work, but he really struck gold when he replaced the stem bar with a treble clef.

 

[briarbuck]

That's a beautiful tool that was meant to be enjoyed. Smoke em' if you got 'em!

 

[cigrmaster]

That is awesome looking. I never have seen a 3 note. I had a one note and it was a great smoker, I regret selling it. I hope you love how it smokes. Congrats.

 

[buckaroo]

Very nice pipe and price. I have a handful of DC's including 3 Fiammata 1 notes and a Arts et Labor. Wait for a nice quiet Sunday without much going on, good weather, etc., and light up. It will be fun and memorable. Take your time.

 

[mso489]

Terrific pipe with a terrific story. Of course preserve the email for history, and provenance on the pipe. Very cool. That's some grain.

 

[kcghost]

Nice story to go with a nice pipe.

 

[Gus]

thank you all for your comments, I will look for a good day to use it for the first time.

 

[alaskanpiper]

Almost rivals my Randy Wiley for rim toilet bowlness!!!! Beautiful pipe though, a great acquisition.

 

[Gus]

thank you @alaskanpiper

 

[Hfinn]

Fantastic, really beautiful!

 

[Gus]

thanks you @countmc

 

[Toast]

Woah! I recently bagged a rusticated two note (& every time the doorbell goes I hope), but that beats the he'll out of that. Nice!

 

[Gus]

thank you @Toast enjoy your 2 note pipe with health

 

[Toast]

thank you @Toast enjoy your 2 note pipe with health

Thank you! I hope you get many wonderful smokes out of your beauty - I'm sure you will!

 

[Gus]

UPS from Italy brought me this, is so beauty IMO, only 35 gr and 13 cm long.

Don Carlos Fiammata 1 Note with carved boxwood ring

 

[Toast]

It arrived! & I'm super-pleased with it - I'm smoking it now & once it's been broken in it's going to be amazing. It has a lovely draw, a very thin bit, & the rustication is amazing (in my head it's my Crunchy Nut Cornflakes pipe - & they are, obviously, the best cerial on earth).

 

[Gus]

Magnificent pipe, it is prior to the year 2000, so it is at least 21 years old, the mark on the mouthpiece indicates it, in that year was when I changed it to a Treble Clef the musical note.

The briar he used at that time was Calabres, the best. Enjoy it with a good health

It arrived! & I'm super-pleased with it - I'm smoking it now & once it's been broken in it's going to be amazing. It has a lovely draw, a very thin bit, & the rustication is amazing (in my head it's my Crunchy Nut Cornflakes pipe - & they are, obviously, the best cerial on earth).
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