New Mario Grandi tobacco pipe

[pugcasso]

The description says I can talk about smokes, so I shall...

This thread is about the new addition to my tobacco pipe collection.

This is a 'Mario Grandi' pipe. This is a hand-made one-of-a-kind brier pipe made in Italy by a small pipe production business. Each pipe is fully made by one craftsperson. The prices are very affordable for such a pipe (mine was $55). I had looked at their pipes for many months now and heard some good opinions on some youtube clips ... when I saw this one , I just had to get it.

I have one other newly-bought pipe (a Lorenzetti) but 8 other refurbished estate pipes. My first smoke of this Mario Grandi pipe (using 'King Charles' tobacco created on Jersey Island south of the UK ... not grown there of course) was good ... it has a better draw than most of my estate pipes and allowed more taste.













I think the brier wood has some nice grain and the sand-blasted (darker) areas of the block of brier are done nicely. The stem is a shiny reflective swirl of turquoise, lighter and darker shades.

They go by the name of futurepipes on ebay.

[punk_lawyer]

Cool pipe with excellent craftsmanship. Enjoy it!!!

[Jordan]

Sweet pipe, I've never seen a square shank or stem before.
Do you happen to have a link to the site?

[pugcasso]

Sweet pipe, I've never seen a square shank or stem before.
Do you happen to have a link to the site?

I think they list all their new pipes on ebay

Futurepipes (Mario Grandi) on ebay

They tend to have new pipes every day (and each is different ....I think one craftsman must just improvise making a pipe each day). I see a one other with a sort of similar angles square stem now.

[Woot22]

Very nice, I own a couple of Perterson and a couple of Vauen pipes that I really like. I will have to check out this company before I get a new one.

[thescot]

A very interesting pipe, pugcasso. In my smoking days, I loved a good pipe. I had a couple of Petersons among others. I hope you will enjoy your pipe;nothing better than a fine pipe and good tabacco before a fire on a cold winter evening. I liked my meershuam lined briar, the calabash, and the long stemmed clay pipe. They all smoked cool and dry.

But then, having been horribly addicted to tobacco (3 packs a day for 30 years or so) and having had to have a heart transplant, I find it important not to smoke. I figure if I smoke one cigarette or one pipe, I'd just as well go ahead and buy a carton. (You know the old saying: One is too many and a boat-load is not enough!)

But I surely do appreciate a good pipe. And yours stands up by itself with that square bottom. A nice touch.

[RAF]

I'm not a smoker but I can appreciate a thing of beauty - Very nice! I like the square handle (excuse me, the stem? Like I said, I don't smoke.) And that does seem a very reasonable price for a hand crafted item like that. Beautiful combination of materials. Enjoy!

[Jordan]

Thanks for that, Now I have to convince myself that I dont need any more pipes.

[pugcasso]

A very interesting pipe, pugcasso. In my smoking days, I loved a good pipe. I had a couple of Petersons among others. I hope you will enjoy your pipe;nothing better than a fine pipe and good tabacco before a fire on a cold winter evening. I liked my meershuam lined briar, the calabash, and the long stemmed clay pipe. They all smoked cool and dry.

But then, having been horribly addicted to tobacco (3 packs a day for 30 years or so) and having had to have a heart transplant, I find it important not to smoke. I figure if I smoke one cigarette or one pipe, I'd just as well go ahead and buy a carton. (You know the old saying: One is too many and a boat-load is not enough!)

But I surely do appreciate a good pipe. And yours stands up by itself with that square bottom. A nice touch.

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Myself, I've never smoked a cigarette ... I started smoking pipes last year when I was 39 years old ... I remeber looking at E-pipes first actually (haha) and then after months decided to just try pipe and tobacco (remembering my uncle who smoked a pipe).

I tend to have one pipe bowl a day and skip a day now and then.

I don't feel much of a craving or dependence ... but a bowl of pipe tobacco really can alter the mood and adjust the state of mind/feeling (depending on the tobacco ...stronger nicotine examples being "Old Dublin" which coud induce a bit too odd of a feeling - so that is for my smaller-bowl-size pipes)

I've pondered the information about tobacco (safety, health) and have found mixed ideas. It seems that some earlier studies actually suggested that pipe smokers had an average longer lifespan than non-smokers!

Cigarettes, cigars and tobacco pipes should be considered differently (typically , cigarettes should be separately pondered from cigars/pipes)

I've read about how tobacco was a sacred plant to the native South and North Americas ... I've read how south America shamans would smoke tobacco for continuously for huge amounts of time (over a day or two ) and pretty much pass out (on he verge of death) and enter altered states and 'visit the gods' ..... not something I'd want to try to be honest ... but one bowl leaves e feeling a bit centered.


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Anyway....for whatever reason, I found my first smoke of this (using "King Charles" tobacco) gave a slightly better taste and smell even than a couple of my pipes I have (many of my estate pipes I got off ebay are smaller ... this pipe has a better draw).



Anyway ... enough babbling for now


I love pipes ..... or any nicely made creation (especially wood, fabric or metal)

[Andy Proffitt]

Very nice pipe, and what a price! Reminds me of some of the old Jaconos.