Ser Jacopo Maxima Maxima L2 Smooth Egg Estate Briar Pipe, Italian Estates

Description

Ser Jacopo is likely the most famous contemporary example of high-grade, workshop-made Italian pipes. It also belongs to a very special tradition in Italian pipe-making, having been established by Giancarlo Guidi and Bruno Sordini after the two had left another great Italian workshop, Mastro de Paja. Together, Guidi and Sordini created a brand of pipes that reflected their Renaissance sensibilities – even the figurehead of Ser Jacopo happens to be taken from a painting of a nobleman from centuries past – one that would soon become esteemed for creating unique and beautiful tobacco pipes that smoked just as well as they looked.

That’s funny, for a moment there I thought I’d had something from S. Bang land on my desk. But no, it’s a Ser Jacopo. Not that there’s anything at all wrong with Ser Jacopo – after all, I love Ser Jacopo pipes – I just didn’t realize that they could make a Danish egg as well as, well, the Danes. It is voluptuous, is covered in just beautiful flame grain, and is distinctly large. In fact, this is not just a “Maxima” Ser Jacopo, it is a “Maxima Maxima” size grade, i.e., large and then some.

The condition is great. Some light rim darkening and very minor handling marks.

 

Details:

Length: 6.4″ / 162.5mm

Bowl Width: 0.89 / 22.60mm

Bowl Depth: 2.22″ / 56.38mm

Weight: 3.8oz / 110g