Help identifying Savinelli Pipe

[lordnantwich]

Hi everyone I hoping someone might be able to help with some info on this pipe I found at a antique shop in Palermo. It has a Savinelli marking on the base of the shank where it meets the mouthpiece.

The right side of the pipe has "Franco Peloso" written out, the bottom has the Savinelli logo and "ITALY" and the bottom of the bowl has a logo that looks like two over lapping triangles. Photos below show what I'm talking about. In searching the web I cannot find anything on Franco Peloso. Any info would be much appreciated.

 

[lordnantwich]

Upon closer inspection the marking on the bottom of the bowl are the letters "FP" in a triangle, presumably for Franco Peloso

 

[TheIronMonkey]

They turn up occasionally. I suspect it was a tobacconist in Italy.

 

[kcghost]

Good a guess as any.

 

[Danifast]

Hello,
I'm from Palermo.
Franco Peloso had a pipe shop from maybe 1965 till he's dead. Like others pipe shops, he sold economic Savinelli's pipes for beginners with little defects or grouting in the briar, or black points, but they still smokes well.
I still have one that I had the mouthpiece replaced.
If you need more information, do not esitate to ask.
Bye
Daniele

 

[Danifast]

Looking closer at the engraving of your pipe, I think it dates back to 1980 or 1990.
My pipe is from 2000 or 2001 and only had the words "Peloso" engraved on it.

 

[chumleeroy]

It's like shape 610 possibly? cause a 614 is the same bowl w a bent stem.
Or.was.614 a bent apple? Savinelli was my first decent pipe and I was a big fan of theirs for years and new the shape #s pretty well, but that was years ago.

 

[Danifast]

No, it's really the 614. In the past there was more manual work even in the stem, so sometimes they could be more or less curved. The 610 is different, and a little bit longer, like this below.

 

[Chasing Embers]

It's like shape 610 possibly? cause a 614 is the same bowl w a bent stem.

It's a 614. Looking at the oxidation on the stem, it's spent some time in the sun. Vulcanite has shape memory and will straighten when heated.