The Mimmo Provenzano Bulldog

[fishnbanjo]

I've written a few times about my pipes from Italian Pipemaker Mimmo Provenzano from the Puglia region in Italy where I would have been born had my parents not come to the states several months prior to my birth.
I consider I own 2 1/2 pipes by Mimmo, the two bowled Calabash being 1 1/2 and this beautiful canted Bulldog with black acrylic ring space between the briar bowl and the Boxwood cap which has a raw briar spacer, it also has a long diamond shank with beautiful straight grain and birdseye.
Mimmo does not coat his bowls which I know many prefer over a coating. As with most new pipes I smoked aged Esoterica Stonehaven for the first smoke.
I am a great fan of Esoterica Tilbury and it smokes well in all of my pipes but the Bulldog really brings out the creaminess of Tilbury better than any of my other pipes so it is dedicated to Tilbury and while I have close to 2 lbs of it whenever the urge to have a smoke of it I reach for this pipe to keep it smokey.

banjo

 

[fitzy]

Nice pipe.
I thought I was the only one singing the praises of Mimmo Provenzano. I've got a small canadian of his that's one of my best smokers.
It's hard to beat the quality of his pipes for the price.

 

[aquadoc]

Another good looking pipe. Just how many quality pipes is one person allowed to have?

 

[jravenwood]

Looking good! Snazzy gold rim..i dig it!

 

[wyfbane]

Just how many quality pipes is one person allowed to have?

I am not sure, but he has a bunch!
Banjo is a demigod of pipe collecting. Almost as impressive to me as Banjo's collection is his ability to find amazing pipes. He knows where all the good pipes are.

 

[tschiraldi]

Where in Puglia, Banjo. My family (Paternal Grandfather's side) is from Bari. I still talk / write to family members there.
Tim

 

[fishnbanjo]

Tim,

My uncle Pasquale was stationed in Bari at the Carabinieri Headquarters as Regional Comandate Generale but our family is from Vieste Foggia which I believe is called Gargano today, right below Bari above the heel on the Adriatic Sea.

banjo