Mastro Geppetto Sandblasted Pear 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.

I have said it before and I shall say it again: my favorite thing about Mastro Geppetto pipes is that they have given Ser Jacopo’s carvers the opportunity to explore styles of pipes that simply do not fit in with the established Ser Jacopo aesthetic. In the case of pipes like this one, that essentially means having Ser Jacopo pipes that are more in keeping with English or French traditions than modern Italian ones. To my eye, this looks very much like the classical French pear, with its conical bowl and oval shank. The pipe’s “weathered” brown and black stain (over some excellent ring grain sandblasting, I must say), only adds to this aesthetic.

This Mastro Geppetto is also completely unsmoked, and comes with its original sleeve.

 

Details:

Length: 6″ / 152.4mm

Bowl Width: 0.79 / 20.06mm

Bowl Depth: 1.48″ / 37.59mm

Weight: 1.3oz / 38g