Mastro Geppetto by Ser Jacopo Windshield Poker Sandblasted Estate Briar Pipe, Unsmoked

Description

Mastro Geppetto pipes are made by the Italian workshop brand Ser Jacopo. One could call them Ser Jacopo’s series of ‘affordable’ pipes, and while this would be correct purely from the standpoint of price, it wouldn’t be entirely fair to them in other regards. Geppetto pipes are hand made from the same high-grade briar as Ser Jacopo pipes, but the former do not use the plateau cuts that the latter does, which are more expensive; Geppetto pipes also tend to be simpler shapes, meaning they do not require the use of the highly technical flexible drilling machinery that Ser Jacopo’s wilder shapes do.

This is an Italian pipe, to be sure, made in an Italian workshop by Italian craftsmen. But, if you’re versed in the history of pipe design, you might recognize that it has an important British precedent. That precedent would be the ‘windshield’ pipe patented by Alfred Dunhill, all the way back in 1905. As the term implies, the pipe is designed to mitigate the effects of the elements upon a smoker and to protect the pipe from overheating or rim damage, with the bowl’s forward wall being higher than the rear. The Mastro Geppetto added a few more modern, and more Italian, touches to the windshield with this one, however, trading in the traditional, simple billiard design with a strong-jawed, half-hawkbill, half-poker shape.

This Geppetto came to us unsmoked, with an original bowl coating to further protect it during its first uses. It also comes with its original sleeve.

 

Details:

Length: 6.2″ / 157.4mm

Bowl Width: 0.82 / 20.82mm

Bowl Depth: 1.57″ / 39.87mm

Weight: 2.3oz / 68g