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[[Image:Ascorti.jpg|left|thumb]][[File:AscortiPipes.jpg|thumb|Courtesy Doug Valitchka]] | [[Image:Ascorti.jpg|left|thumb]][[File:AscortiPipes.jpg|thumb|Courtesy Doug Valitchka]] | ||
'''Roberto Ascorti''', now 49, son of '''Giuseppe Ascorti''', best known as "Peppino", "met" the pipe when he was 10 years old, back in 1968, when his father started the new adventure as pipemaker. | '''Roberto Ascorti''', now 49, son of '''Giuseppe Ascorti''', best known as "Peppino", "met" the pipe when he was 10 years old, back in 1968, when his father started the new adventure as pipemaker. | ||
[[File:R&L-Ascorti.jpg|thumb|Ascorti Collect with "A R" c.1980, courtesy [http://www.racineandlaramie.com/ Racine & Laramie Tobacconist]]] | |||
[[File:AscortiNewDearBox01.jpg|thumb|Ascorti New Dear w/original box, courtesy Doug Valitchka]][[File:AscortiNewDearBox10.jpg|thumb|New Dear detail, courtesy Doug Valitchka]][[Image:Ascorti Pipe01.jpg|right|thumb]] | [[File:AscortiNewDearBox01.jpg|thumb|Ascorti New Dear w/original box, courtesy Doug Valitchka]][[File:AscortiNewDearBox10.jpg|thumb|New Dear detail, courtesy Doug Valitchka]][[Image:Ascorti Pipe01.jpg|right|thumb]] | ||
He attended the Art Institute, but he continued with his passion for the pipe and decided to assist his father more and more. In 1980, when he was 22, Roberto decided to devote himself completely to creating pipes, but there was no room in his father's factory; so he started by himself with his own name, '''ASCORTI''', supported and helped by his father, his brother Pierangelo and by his girlfriend, Silvana. Then, when the historic Caminetto factory closed, its artisans entered the newborn Ascorti which had all the tradition, the experience, the power and quality that Peppino Ascorti had built in several years, but with innovations in the model making and in the technical solutions, brought by the young Roberto. | He attended the Art Institute, but he continued with his passion for the pipe and decided to assist his father more and more. In 1980, when he was 22, Roberto decided to devote himself completely to creating pipes, but there was no room in his father's factory; so he started by himself with his own name, '''ASCORTI''', supported and helped by his father, his brother Pierangelo and by his girlfriend, Silvana. Then, when the historic Caminetto factory closed, its artisans entered the newborn Ascorti which had all the tradition, the experience, the power and quality that Peppino Ascorti had built in several years, but with innovations in the model making and in the technical solutions, brought by the young Roberto. | ||
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<gallery widths=250px heights=185px caption="Business Examples and nomenclature, courtesy Doug Valitchka"> | <gallery widths=250px heights=185px caption="Business Examples and nomenclature, courtesy Doug Valitchka"> | ||
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File:AscortiBusinessDublin01.jpg | File:AscortiBusinessDublin01.jpg | ||
File:AscortiBusinessDublin07.jpg | File:AscortiBusinessDublin07.jpg | ||
File:AscortiBus01.jpg | File:AscortiBus01.jpg | ||
File:AscortiBus07.jpg | File:AscortiBus07.jpg | ||
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File:AscortiNewLine01.jpg|New Line | |||
File:AscortiNewLine09.jpg|New Line Detail | |||
File:AscortiNewLine10.jpg|New Line Detail | |||
File:AscortiNewLine13.jpg|New Line Detail | |||
File:Ascorti20th01.jpg|20th Anniversary Edition | |||
File:Ascorti20th07.jpg|20th Anniversary Edition Detail | |||
File:Ascorti20th08.jpg|20th Anniversary Edition Detail | |||
File:Ascorti20th09.jpg|20th Anniversary Edition Detail | |||
File:Ascorti20th10.jpg|20th Anniversary Edition Detail | |||
File:Ascorti01.jpg | |||
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</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
<gallery widths=250px heights=185px caption=" | |||
<gallery widths=250px heights=185px caption="Various Examples and nomenclature, courtesy Doug Valitchka"> | |||
File:AscortiMUS01.jpg|MUS | File:AscortiMUS01.jpg|MUS | ||
File:AscortiMUS07.jpg|MUS Nomenclature | File:AscortiMUS07.jpg|MUS Nomenclature | ||
File:AscortiMUS08.jpg|MUS Nomenclature | File:AscortiMUS08.jpg|MUS Nomenclature | ||
File:AscortiMUS12.jpg|MUS Nomenclature | |||
File:AscNewDear01.jpg|New Dear | |||
File:AscNewDear07.jpg|New Dear Detail | |||
File:AscNewDear08.jpg|New Dear Detail | |||
File:AscNewDear11.jpg|New Dear Detail | |||
File:NewDear01.jpg|New Dear | |||
File:NewDear07.jpg|New Dear Detail | |||
File:NewDear08.jpg|New Dear Detail | |||
File:NewDear09.jpg|New Dear Detail | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
<gallery widths=250px heights=185px caption="Straight Example and | <gallery widths=250px heights=185px caption="Straight Grain Example and details, courtesy Doug Valitchka"> | ||
File:AscortiStrGrn03.jpg | File:AscortiStrGrn03.jpg | ||
File:AscortiStrGrn09.jpg | File:AscortiStrGrn09.jpg | ||
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</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
*You may also enjoy listening to Brian Levine's interview with Roberto and Silvana on the [http://pipesmagazine.com/blog/radio-talk-show/the-pipes-magazine-radio-show-episode-245/ Pipes Magazine Radio Show] | *You may also enjoy listening to Brian Levine's interview with Roberto and Silvana on the [http://pipesmagazine.com/blog/radio-talk-show/the-pipes-magazine-radio-show-episode-245/ Pipes Magazine Radio Show] | ||
<revive zone="7" align="right" caption="An excellent selection of Ascorti pipes is available at Pipedia Underwriter, lepipe.it" /> | |||
=== Contact Information: === | |||
<revive zone="18" align="left" caption="Ascorti pipes are available at CIGARWORLD, a new Pipedia Underwriter" /> | |||
'''Roberto e Silvana ASCORTI''' | '''Roberto e Silvana ASCORTI''' | ||
Via Volta 14/B | Via Volta 14/B |