Giulliano Spitaletti Pipes

[Mike N]

I saw a video on Youtube about Giulliano Spitaletti, a pipe maker in Great Britain. He was born in Braziil. Trained with J Mouton. Holds a degree in architecture. I found his website and bought the half churchwarden shown below. Anyone familiar with this maker or own one of his pipes? Thx.

 

[AroEnglish]

I've not heard of him until now but he's got his own YouTube channel. It's nice to hear from the cavers directly.

G Spitaletti

A Craftsman living in the south of England

www.youtube.com

 

[dottlejockey]

I haven't, but i'll be checking out that channel sometime later today. Always interesting to hear directly from the carver, as Aro said.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Love the carving.

 

[briarblues]

Mike, Giulliano is a very talented artist. His tampers and other metal items are exceptional. He has been trained in a number of artistic realms. I have yet to acquire a pipe from him.

 

[briarblues]

Here is an example of his skill. Silver tamper, with silver pick, and name tag.

 

[Mike N]

Thanks. I note the pipe content of that YouTube video starts at the 9:17 mark.

 

[milk]

To paraphrase E.B. White, those are SOME pipes.

 

[Mike N]

I just saw his new YouTube video and could not resist this one. He also had a sweet Dublin, but this Brandy shape with bamboo checked two important boxes for me. Plus, the silver ring and ebonite stem. 14cm length is just over 5.5 inches, so about maximum length for clenching a straight pipe.

The semi-Churchwarden I posted above is a great evening smoker.

 

[Mike N]

I should add that the stem is briar “inspired” bamboo. Pipe content of that video starts at the 10:20 mark.

 

[Mike N]

I finally had an opportunity tonight to smoke this second pipe of his. What an incredible draw and great smoke; the mouth feel of the button was perfect. I will definitely be looking to add a third one to my rotation.