Pictures do not do this stunning pipe justice, I have never seen a pipe quite like this!! The grain is absolutely flawless and beautiful in a light brown. The pipe is very large. This is true craftmanship
In 2003 Castello attended the RTDA exhibition and for this occasion it has been created a new pipe: the Bamboo one. Available in just 14 numbered pieces with a very long bamboo rod. It is renowned as one of the Castello historical pieces.
The first ones were produced in the 50s by the expert hands of Carlo Scotti, who decided to re-use Philippines's small bamboo rods, which were employed to make handcrafted furniture. At that time, the reed and the bamboo were two raw materials very used for the furniture and the furniture components manufacturing.
The Bamboo pipes were produced always in limited edition until the bamboo went out of fashion in the furniture industry and became impossible to find it.
The 1987 was the year where arose the opportunity to realize again bamboo pipes.
In the cane thicket of the Castello family centuries-old residence in Morazzone (VA), Franco Coppo was able to recover personally some material. He pull out many bamboo canes, washing them, leaving them to dry and straightening them. This subterranean part is very porous and acts in an optimal way as a filter for a very fresh smoke.
Then, in that year it was produced a limited series of pipes with very long rods, characterized by the presence of numerous nodes.
Later, a new limited series was made in 1994; the few pieces derived by the inspiration of our craftsmen had bamboo canes much smaller than its predecessor.
Today, to celebrate the RTDA event, they have been produced 14 pieces, numbered and accompanied by its own box, characterized by the longest bamboo canes ever produced before. The shapes of the vessels are varied and different, from classic to imaginative, in all the different finishings.
Castello Collection
Castello Collection was born during 1947 and it was the mark used for clear smooth pipes, higher in quality than "Castello" finishing.
Castello began to produce pipes on an artisan basis in Cantu immediately after the war. Right from the start his main aim was to create top quality pipes. Thanks to the image that Castello has created with many years of work and continuous research, the firm is now offered the first choice of their finest batches by briar gatherers. So Castello pipes have a head start when it comes to the manufacturing stage: being able to work only and exclusively with the best briar in existance. If the use of super top briar is one important starting point to obtain out of the ordinary results, as too are the technical expertise of the craftsman and the use of the most complete and specialised professional equipment all this is still not enough. You need "heart". So it is of fundamental psychological importance to all of us who create them to know that the majority of Castello pipes going out in the world will end up in the hands and mouthes of those who know how to treat them with proper love, who will appreciate them intimately and enjoy the greatest smoking pleasure. All this is only possible for people who know the pipe and the journey which transforms it from a piece of briar into a finished object: a slow journey, and a patient and creative one, guided by expert hands.
Pipe Details
Pipe Material : Briar
Shape : Freehand
Finish : Smooth
Colour : Brown
Mouthpiece : Acrylic (Fishtail)
Filter : None
Dimensions
Pipe Length : 275 mm
Pipe Height : 70 mm
Pipe Width : 48 mm
Chamber Width : 23 mm
Pipe Weight : 106 grams