These are my pipes made in Argentina. They are Cassano and Luiggi, made by the same manufacturer at different times.
Pipes Made in Argentina.
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Interesting. I didn't know Argentina had a pipe industry, but I think somewhere in the past I owned a Cassano, but I can't remember the details. It must have gotten culled along the way. They look like good sturdy cookers.
It would have to be something extraordinary for me to buy a pipe from that part of the world when I want to support our guys first.
The original brand that the Arbotto company used since the first half of the 20th century was Crisol (melting pot in Spanish). In the 90s, willing to modernize his company, the owner travels to Italy to buy supplies of various kinds, and to get to know the land of his ancestors. So he came into contact with the name Cassano, I don't know if it was the town, the region or something related to his family. We can assume that it is true, the original brand is not relevant or well-known enough to attempt usurpation or counterfeiting. He used that name for years until the generalization of the Internet caused someone from Italy to claim the name. Automatically the name became Luiggi.
One of the most extraordinary things that the United States has is that you can live apart from globalization. At least in theory, because I strongly doubt that you can escape the made in china. You can still wake up in the morning, eat Kellogg's cereal for breakfast, check the news on your iPhone, drive to work in your Ford listening to American music while smoking your kaywoodie full of C&D, and continue all day living a life of American products. That is a privilege that no other country in the world has. There are a lot of wonderful things out there anyway, trust me.
I do not doubt that the Argentine Cassano pipes were made in Argentina, however there are coincidences that suggest a (one of the many industrialists) connection between Italy and Argentina; One of the three sons of Gerolamo Ceresa, the only one who managed to continue production during the First World War because the other two (Pietro and Enrico) were sent to the front, his name was precisely Luigi.
The name of the Italian brand refers to the city where the factory resided (Cassano Magnago)
Oops, in this moment I have become an armchair or a sofa. Lol
The name of the Italian brand refers to the city where the factory resided (Cassano Magnago)
Oops, in this moment I have become an armchair or a sofa. Lol
Wait...Weren't you buy pipes off the back of a truck at midnight in alleyways?
Personally I consider myself a child of the world. I personally identify more with my humanity then my nationality. You know the one God made.
Oh yeah I like those pipes. Kind of has that solid middle range pipe quality that Pete's and Savs have. Or what I call the sweet spot.
Increasingly more and more venerable Aussie brands are manufactured off shore now.
I suspect you will be unpleasantly surprised to find how many "red-blood American" labels are no longer Made in America.
I'm all for local manufacture and industry, but commercial reality dictates otherwise. Companies are run by bean counters who don't look to the history of the corporations they control or the livelihood of their workers in their chase of the $$$$
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I suspect you will be unpleasantly surprised to find how many "red-blood American" labels are no longer Made in America.
I'm all for local manufacture and industry, but commercial reality dictates otherwise. Companies are run by bean counters who don't look to the history of the corporations they control or the livelihood of their workers in their chase of the $$$$
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