Pipe Identification Please??

[02Knight]

I found this pipe recently at an estate and I am totally stumped as to who made it. I'm looking to the wise ones who know pipes well to help me with this one. Any help is much appreciated. It says Fatta A Mono 99 with a G on the underside of the shank, the signature has me lost completely. There appears to be a coral dot surrounded by a silver ring on the stem.

 

[OzPiper]

Thomas Cristiano
Go to Pipephil and look under Thomas
Sorry, I don't know how to cut&paste the relevant information

 

[dmcmtk]

Thomas Cristiano
Go to Pipephil and look under Thomas
Sorry, I don't know how to cut&paste the relevant information

I was hoping someone would get it, I knew I had seen that signature before.

Tho-Thy -- Pipes: Logos & Markings - http://www.pipephil.eu/logos/en/logo-t5.html#thomascristiano

Cristiano - Pipedia - https://pipedia.org/wiki/Cristiano

 

[elvishrunes]

Glad someone caught it. I was going to say it looks a bit like my favourite pipe maker Neerup, and his pipes are often fashioned similar to “neo-classical” (whatever that means) Italian pipes, so I was going to guess Italian, or maybe Danish. Turns out it is Italian-American like sly Stallone…. Anyhow, nice pipe!

 

[02Knight]

Thanks for all the quick answers! That signature was impossible to read being a pipe dummy like I am!! But I knew there were some wise folks on here that would get it with no problem!!! Thanks to all

 

[OzPiper]

Thanks for all the quick answers! That signature was impossible to read being a pipe dummy like I am!! But I knew there were some wise folks on here that would get it with no problem!!! Thanks to all

Ha-ha. In my line of work, you learn to decipher all manner of scrawls ?

 

[Ahi Ka]

Ha-ha. In my line of work, you learn to decipher all manner of scrawls ?

I didn’t realise you were a nurse.

 

[captainsousie]

I didn’t realise you were a nurse.

Or an elementary school teacher...

 

[Ahi Ka]

Or an elementary school teacher...

Good guess...but he’s from Australia. They finish public schooling after kindergarten over there.

 

[captainsousie]

Good guess...but he’s from Australia. They finish public schooling after kindergarten over there.

yeah, then they all go to be truckies or movie stars...?

 

[kcghost]

Cristiano made his name as a carver while living in America. He died in 2005 while traveling in Italy.

 

[02Knight]

Cristiano made his name as a carver while living in America. He died in 2005 while traveling in Italy.

I saw that he had died from an accident, what a shame. This pipe of his I have is a nice one, he for sure knew what he was doing. Sometime this week it will be up on ebay see what I can pull out of it.