Nah, I've seen better photos of the stamping, it's a Punto Oro. A couple of my Punto Oros dots were brownish green when I got them, and they blended perfectly with the stem oxidation.
As it turns out it's also my first pipe with bamboo. Always said I'd never buy one, but they just had to make one shaped like that didn't they??
Savinelli had a limited line of bamboo Punto Oros but to be honest, using bamboo on a Punto Oro grade surprised me. There are a couple more on Ebay as well.A cool piece to add to your collection. Never seen one of those before. I thought it was an Autograph too when I saw it. But I’m not much of a collector/historian, so my knowledge base is pretty scant. ?
I was on the fence from the time it popped up to the last five seconds of the auction. Got several PMs about it too!?
I suppose if you load them up all at once they will be about the same weight and chamber size
As much as I love sandblasts and the Capri finish, the Alligator is the favorite. It was the first of the bunch, picked out for me by my youngest daughter when she was four, and my dad smoked Old Dark Fired in it the last time I saw him before he passed away. It may even be my favorite pipe altogether.
the pipe Gods certainly like proving you wrong when you say never. Part of the fun of the whole thing.
Didn't say never. I said 904s and Bruce Weavers. At that price for a 904, not fun.☹
Now it's got me thinking there may be a silver spigot 904 out there.?
Ah, you meant about the bamboo. Got me there.?
