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The genesis of Mastro de Paja is one of the most peculiar ones in pipe history. Mastro de Paja was brought into being by a "consortium" of passionate pipesmokers, who had rallied around '''Terenzio Cecchini'''. They felt bitterly unhappy observing the general decline of the Italian and the rapid ascent of the Danish pipe in the 1960s and to beard this they set their mind on creating an "all-new and great" Italian pipe brand for high-value pipes. After all, a very patriotic and honorably intention. All these gentlemen were successful, well, wealthy to rich businessmen, but none of them possessed any knowledge abouz pipemaking or was experienced in pipe business. Finally this circle of amici elected Cecchini to be the CEO and left it to him to find a suitable pipe expert and get the pipe fabrication started. Cecchini began to search and in 1970 he bumped into '''Giancarlo Guidi'''.
In 1972 Giancarlo Guidi, after having spent some time as a hobbyist in producing pipes, decided to officially found a production workshop called "Mastro de Paja". Mastro: obviously as a master craftsman, De Paja: it derives from the name with which he was affectionately called by friends "Pajetta" because of his curly hair and translated into a dialectal expression "de Paja".


At that point of time Guidi was a real Mr. Nobody. He had begun to make his own pipes as a pure autodidact when he was a student of fine arts and design. Afterwards he couldn't find an employment in his profession and so he had decided to live on his talent as a pipe maker. Equipped with a band saw, a sanding disk and a belt sander, all age-worn and no longer very dependably, he succeeded to do so after a fashion. Guidi yielded to persuasion and joined the adventurous project. The foundation of the company was concluded and the amici provided some money. Cecchini was responsible for the management and Guidi, entering as a partner and not only as an employee, was appointed director of production. One more year passed, but in 1972 a workshop was finally furnished in Pesaro, almost exactly in the middle between Rome and Venice on the Adriatic sea. The pipe production could begin!
Spadoni Giannino joins him shortly after that, at the time he was a salesman and among the products he sold there were also pipes. A professional wedding that turned out to be perfect immediately, in no time the new company "MASTRO DE PAJA di Guidi e Spadoni" immediately became one of the most respected manufacturers of pipes in Italy for the quality of production and lines that for those times were innovative, fascinating and even if coarse they immediately met the consent of enthusiasts and collectors.


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Unfortunately, the professional marriage between Guidi and Spadoni, due to disagreements and different views on strategies, stopped in 1981. Guidi left the company to found a personal one. In Mastro de Paja which in the meantime became a real company with a production staff remains Spadoni. Unfortunately, after a very short time, due to economic and financial problems that put the possibility of continuing the business at risk, Spadoni is forced to ask for help and finds it with the intervention of the Pesaro-based entrepreneur Terenzio Cecchini who, despite being burdened by his multiple industrial activities, sees in Mastro de Paja a valid expression of high craftsmanship and takes over as majority shareholder and acquires the position of director.
In spite of this kinda crazy origin Mastro de Paja became the nucleus of the pipe center Pesaro and what today is called the Pesaro school, boasting so many famous brands such as [[Il Ceppo]], [[Ser Jacopo]], [[Don Carlos]], [[Rinaldo]], [[Le Nuvole]] or [[L'Anatra]]. And Giancarlo Guidi became the foster-father of all these pipe makers - certainly not his least merit!


Guidi put himself to work with ardor. Yet he was far from being an experienced and seasoned, even less a famous pipemaker. He worked eagerly on his own pipes and their permanent improvement. Beside that Guidi was much underway in order to find and to win young, promising talents. He should prove to be a golden boy in this metier. His first big haul was '''Bruto Sordini''' (today [[Don Carlos]]) in 1974. Sordini remained at Mastro de Paja until 1979. Likewise in 1974 Guidi hired two 16 and 14 years old fellows coming from Sicily. The brothers '''Elio and Guido Rinaldo''' quickly proved high talent and especially a fine sense for good design. They left in 1987 in order to work independently.
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Soon after even Spadoni decides to leave (and create his own new company), Cecchini then puts his eyes on a very smart young man which he considered capable of giving new glaze to the mastro de paja which, meanwhile, inevitably presented some productive and commercial problems. That young man is called '''Alberto Montini''' and he start like this in his thirties his beautiful adventure in the pipes world.


In the exertion to find an international distributor for the yet young brand, Guidi went to the most influential distributor '''Alberto Paronelli''' in Gavirate. But Paronelli turned him down right away. So Guidi approached Ital Impacs in 1975. This company had been founded just shortly before by '''Wojciech Lubinski and his son Mario''' after Lubinski sen. had split from Paronelli. Mario Lubinski later remembered Guidi brought with him 12 system pipes he had personally designed and carved. “They were horrible pipes, very wet smoking pipes!” The Lubinskis at first said “No!”, too. Even though Mario Lubinski had perceived Guidi’s talent and potential. Merely one year later Wojciech Lubinski had retired and Ital Impacs had been transformed to Lubinski Limited with Mario in charge as CEO. Giancarlo Guidi had changed to more normal engineering and so [http://www.lubinski.it/ Lubinski Ltd.] gave him a chance and started distributing Mastro de Paja pipes in 1976.
He lived in pesaro where he was also born, he is an accountant and he worked from 1978 to 1983 in a small company owned by his uncle, the company was just born and had a staff of five workers while he was the only employee, an handyman. when he left the job the company had thirty-five workers and five employees, in addition to him which was theirs manager.


The pipes keeping improving and growing in popularity, Mastro de Paja became an important access in Lubinki’s portfolio. However, that business relationship lasted only four years, as a sales rep of Lubinski got together with Giancarlo Guidi and they went their own way. ''(Was '''Giannino Spadoni''' – see below!)''
He was contacted by the surveyor Terenzio Cecchini at the time the only owner of the Mastro, to take care of it in every aspect, first as an employee, then as an administrator and later as a partner of Mastro de Paja and afterwards with the passing of Mr. Cecchini he became the sole owner.
 
Living very intensely he started to learn the magical world of the pipes which became his great passion to which still today dedicates all of himself.
On his entry into the Mastro he found a situation that he called catastrophic, 10 thousand pipes and one hundred percent or so of sales only in Italy.
 
His first attempt was to reduce production to the benefit of quality and the care of each piece, then the decrease of sales points in Italy while at the same time looking for alternative markets.
 
Today, unlike the past, almost all of the production is destined for the foreign market and its few examples are present in over 40 countries in the world, making its contribution to the made in Italy.
 
Currently the Mastro produces about 2 thousand pipes a year with strictly artisan procedure, at the Mastro currently reigns a warm harmony, is a group of friends who strives to get the best. This also stems from the fact that pipes for Mastro de paja are not to be considered as any other object to be produced and sold following cold strategies common to everyone in the business world, it’s completely different, it is necessary to love it, it is a style of being, a philosophy of life that can only be appreciated by a noble soul and not noble by title but by principles.
 
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The modeling of Mastro has not changed much over time, of course there is a continuous evolution for the better, determined also by the continuous research to make each piece as personalized as possible. Unique forms, that even if they are classic or classical, are capable of expressing personality.
We can add looking at the past that this reason was one of the reasons for the unexpected and lightning success of the Pesaro brand, a worldwide success and it can be said that it is one of the most important and appreciated brands by pipe smokers and collectors from all over the world.
 
Mastro de paja pipes are classified into 3 groups:
- LIMITED EDITION
- ELITE COLLECTION
- CLASSICA COLLECTION
 
Mastro de Paja "LIMITED EDITION"
 
They are pipes produced in unique artistic specimens made for recurrences, numbered and limited edition productions.
 
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Mastro de Paja "ELITE COLLECTION"
 
It is the production of pipes made entirely by hand, even they are unique but of regular production.
 
On all "Mastro de Paja" pipes you can see fire stamped all the informations for tracing the value of each creation.
 
[[File:Mastro 45° unica.jpg|thumb|390px|right||Mastro de Paja pipe of the year 2017, limited edition to celebrate 45° anniversary of the brand, awarded "Pipe of the year 2017" at Inter-Tabac (Dortmund) - Emanuele Mauro Collection]]
[[File:Mastro 45° unica 10.png|thumb|390px|right||Mastro de Paja pipe of the year 2017, limited edition to celebrate 45° anniversary of the brand, awarded "Pipe of the year 2017" at Inter-Tabac (Dortmund) - Details - Emanuele Mauro Collection]]
RUSTICATED
 
* 0B: Completely rusticated
* 0B Unica: Completely rusticated with some smooth sections
 
SANDBLASTED
   
   
Also in 1976 '''Giorgio Imperatori''' came to Mastro de Paja. He was an architect by profession, enthralled for pipes to the core and hell-bent to become a pipemaker. But in the workshop of Mastro de Paja he was allowed to work on mouth pieces only. For sure, being a pipe-parts-maker was not enough to satisfy his ambitions. Therefore he flunked out by the end of 1977 and started his own brand [[Il Ceppo]] in 1978 with a lot of support from Mario Lubinski.
* 1B: Dark brown or black sandblasted
* 1B + 1 Sun: Light brown sandblasted
 
PARTIALLY RUSTICATED
 
* 2D: Smooth with small sections rusticated
* 2D + 1 Sun: Smooth straight grain with small sections rusticated
 
SMOOTH WITH COLORED FINISH
 
* Ruber: Smooth with red stain
* Castanea: Smooth with brown stain
* 3A: Smooth with brown-orange stain
* 3A + 1 Sun: Smooth good grain with brown-orange stain
* 3A + 2 Sun: Smooth straight grain with brown-orange stain


In 1977 Guidi looked for a skilled metal worker and after examining some candidates he hired '''Massimo Palazzi''' (today [[L'Anatra]]), who was educated as a goldsmith. The outstanding quality of Palazzi’s metal work gave new impulses to the pipes. Palazzi specialised also in design work and his courage to create fresh, yet harmoniously easy shapes stirred up a noticeably growing demand for Mastro de Paja pipes furthermore.
SMOOTH WITH NATURAL FINISH


'''Maurizio Tombari''' (today [[Le Nuvole]]) arrived in 1978; he should also follow Guidi to [[Ser Jacopo]] afterwards. Around 1980 Guidi succeeded to engage some more seasoned crafters namely '''Mario Pascucci''' and '''Vittorio del Vecchio''', both bedrocks of Mastro de Paja today.
* 3B: Smooth with a good grain and a natural finish
* 3B + 1 Sun: Smooth excellent grain with natural finish
* 3B + 2 Sun: Perfect grain
* 3C: Good grain
* 3C + 1 Sun: Excellent grain
* 3C + 2 Sun: Perfect grain
* F: Straight grain
* F + 1 Sun: Good straight grain
* F + 2 Sun: Excellent straight grain
* F + 3 Sun: Perfect straight grain


Beyond any doubt the brand had taken a quite pleasant development all in all that led slowly, however steadily upwards. Mastro de Paja also found increasing international notice and recognition. Unfortunately all this didn’t happen quick enough for some of the amici in the background. From ca. 1980 on Cecchini and Guidi found themselves involved in numerous rooster fights about the future course of the business. Also among the pipemakers things were brewing. Jealousies and dissensions ruled the day. They were aware that the success and the first fame acquired based on their hard work but they didn’t benefit from the profit. The financiers behind Cecchini did not show the slightest inclination to change something for the better, because they felt disappointed concerning their profit expectations. There wasn’t much left of the foundation’s idea and it’s noble spirit! Cecchini acted kinda helpless and awkwardly he trimmed the firm unilaterally on increased output. What vice versa was not beneficial to the pipes’ quality and so Mastro de Paja headed into a serious crisis in the early 1980s. To make things worse, pipe sales in Italy were dropping generally in those years.
Sometimes "Mastro de Paja Pipes" are enhanched with sterling silver, gold, precious stones and/or fine wood and are further classified and fire stamped on each pipe.


Giancarlo Guidi, who had meanwhile acquired a good name for his crafting, was the first to get tired of the permanent quarreling. In 1982 he took his hat and departed going together with Bruto Sordini to start Ser Jacopo dalla Gemma. Guidi’s motto "per aspera ad astra" is surely coined by his late experiences at Mastro de Paja. Also Massimo Palazzi didn’t see a base for any advancing around the turn of 1983/84 and changed to Guidi’s new brand. Therewith the firm had lost it’s best and most important pipe makers.
* Stamp "P" : "Personal" with fine ornamentation.  
* Stamp "N" : "Normal" with basic sterling silver.  
* Stamp "L" : "Lavorata" with more complex sterling silver.  
* Stamp "S" : "Special" with elaborate sterling silver and specially worked.  
* Stamp "G" : "Gold" with special gold ornamentation.
* Media : Medium size pipe
* Gigante: Giant pipe


In this situation '''Giannino Spadoni''', an Italian businessman, who was already commercially connected with Mastro de Paja before, became something like a sheet anchor for the beleaguered brand. From about 1982/83 on he had the highly esteemed design pipe '''Fiamma di Re''' manufactured by Mastro de Paja. In addition the Contessa, a favorable bargain pipe, was made for him, too. The Fiamma di Re quietly disappeared in 1989. Since 1990 Spadoni is distributor for [[Dunhill]] in Italy.
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Until the end of 1983 the last of the amici had withdrawn. Terenzio Cecchini, now exclusive proprietor of Mastro de Paja, needed and sought aid. A friend drew his attention to the young sales talent '''Alberto Montini'''. After finishing his studies in 1978, Montini had started a career as an accountant and by now he had already achieved a good position as manager of a prosperous firm for office arrangements. It took long and hesitant negotiations, but finally Montini agreed in 1985 to take over the management of Mastro de Paja. His entrance should prove to be the begin of a new era! 
Mastro de paja “CLASSICA COLLECTION” Pipes produced craft seeds, and for this reason there pipes have a very interesting value.


[[Image:Mastro de Paja Pipe03.jpg|left|thumb|Copyright Smokingpipes.com]]
Good combination of price and quality, of course using, as always the best quality of briar paying attention to the details and all personal decoration that make each pipe unique.
First of all Montini spoke a clear "Basta!" to the yet smoldering quarrels in the workshop. Being completely new to pipemaking he was otherwise smart enough to seek a close collaboration with the seasoned pipemakers Mario Pascucci, who became responsible for the future design work, and Vittorio del Vecchio, who headed the workshop now. Montini reduced the swollen output and implemented closer quality control focusing more closely on quality rather than on quantity. But most important, he introduced a new management style, that gave everybody in the business the feeling to be a member of a big family, whose personal contribution is appreciated and important for the commom prospering. It is certified that Montini himself did hard work and wasn’t about to perform as the general dogsbody in the workshop if worst came to worst. Also the new Signora, Montini’s wife Cinzia, worked on the workshop floor and still today you find her at the sanding or the finishing station.


Montini went on uncounted and endless business trips to refocus the company in Europe and overseas. He visited even very small tobacco shops in remote places and strived to get in contact with pipesmokers to introduce the renewed Mastro de Paja to them. Being sociable and capable to convince and to enthuse people, his innate talent for business and marketing, brought the brand gradually back again on a course to success. Cecchini was wise enough by now to stay in the background and did not interfere in Montini’s commercial decisions. But to appreciate his merits he made him a partner soon. Following a few years of success after Montini’s entrance, Cecchini withdrew and disappeared. No one knew where he was and he never showed up again. ''(An Italian pipefriend who knew him from pipe wholesale business mentioned Cecchini and two of his friends went aboard his sailing yacht to cruise the Mediterranean Sea for the rest of their days.)'' After considerable wrangling with his heirs, Alberto Montini finally secured complete ownership of Mastro de Paja in 1995. Today a line of seconds, Montini Pipes, is named for him.  
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Two more important characters to mention: '''Franco Rossi''' (later Giorgio Imperatori’s brother-in-law and today [[Il Ceppo]]) learned the art of pipemaking for a while at Mastro de Paja after a serious injury had put an end to his career as a professional soccer player. He went on to Ser Jacopo and Don Carlos afterwards. '''Andrea Pascucci''', Mario’s son, who was born in 1966 in Pesaro, learned the business from 1989 on. He joined Ser Jacopo in 1994 and today he’s Massimo Palazzi’s partner at L' anatra.


Shortly after 2000 there must have been a little trouble again. Especially pipesmokers in Germany complained about pipes showing considerable imperfections of engineering. But this time Mastro was obviously able to solve it’s problems quick and efficiently. Nevertheless Mastro de Paja holds a secured rank in the studded  Italian middle class today. The pipes truly exhibit the neoclassical flair of their Pesaro heritage, but tend to err on the more classical side compared to some of the other brands. This might be reason why quite a few pipefriends favour the elder pipes made under the aegis of Guidi.
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Regardless, Mastro de Paja manages to produce excellent Italian pipes related to their reasonable prices. The stems are usually made of Acryl and predominantly designed for employing filters. Incidentally are the costly silver trimmings of many models. The higher qualities show up to 3 sun symbols made of silver. In the lower, a smooth disk must suffice. Grading:
* Code 0A - 0C for rusticated,
* Code 1A - 1C for sandblasted,
* Code 2A - 2C for smooth pipes and
* Code 3A - 3C for straight grains.
* Exceptional individual pieces are called Unique or Fiamatta.
The most important buyers for appr. 7.000 to 8.000 annually manufactured pipes are the USA, Italy and Germany. Beside pipes Mastro de Paja also offers a range of other objects manufactured from noble woods since the middle of the 1980s.


'''Mastro de Paja'''
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  Via Liguria 30
'''Contact Information:'''
  IT - 61100 Pesaro
Creazioni Italiane srl
  Via Fossombrone, 2
  IT - 61121 Pesaro (PU)
  [mailto:info@mastrodepaja.it E-mail]
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  [http://www.mastrodepaja.it/ Homepage]
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Revision as of 17:22, 19 December 2020

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In 1972 Giancarlo Guidi, after having spent some time as a hobbyist in producing pipes, decided to officially found a production workshop called "Mastro de Paja". Mastro: obviously as a master craftsman, De Paja: it derives from the name with which he was affectionately called by friends "Pajetta" because of his curly hair and translated into a dialectal expression "de Paja".

Spadoni Giannino joins him shortly after that, at the time he was a salesman and among the products he sold there were also pipes. A professional wedding that turned out to be perfect immediately, in no time the new company "MASTRO DE PAJA di Guidi e Spadoni" immediately became one of the most respected manufacturers of pipes in Italy for the quality of production and lines that for those times were innovative, fascinating and even if coarse they immediately met the consent of enthusiasts and collectors.

Unfortunately, the professional marriage between Guidi and Spadoni, due to disagreements and different views on strategies, stopped in 1981. Guidi left the company to found a personal one. In Mastro de Paja which in the meantime became a real company with a production staff remains Spadoni. Unfortunately, after a very short time, due to economic and financial problems that put the possibility of continuing the business at risk, Spadoni is forced to ask for help and finds it with the intervention of the Pesaro-based entrepreneur Terenzio Cecchini who, despite being burdened by his multiple industrial activities, sees in Mastro de Paja a valid expression of high craftsmanship and takes over as majority shareholder and acquires the position of director.

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Soon after even Spadoni decides to leave (and create his own new company), Cecchini then puts his eyes on a very smart young man which he considered capable of giving new glaze to the mastro de paja which, meanwhile, inevitably presented some productive and commercial problems. That young man is called Alberto Montini and he start like this in his thirties his beautiful adventure in the pipes world.

He lived in pesaro where he was also born, he is an accountant and he worked from 1978 to 1983 in a small company owned by his uncle, the company was just born and had a staff of five workers while he was the only employee, an handyman. when he left the job the company had thirty-five workers and five employees, in addition to him which was theirs manager.

He was contacted by the surveyor Terenzio Cecchini at the time the only owner of the Mastro, to take care of it in every aspect, first as an employee, then as an administrator and later as a partner of Mastro de Paja and afterwards with the passing of Mr. Cecchini he became the sole owner.

Living very intensely he started to learn the magical world of the pipes which became his great passion to which still today dedicates all of himself. On his entry into the Mastro he found a situation that he called catastrophic, 10 thousand pipes and one hundred percent or so of sales only in Italy.

His first attempt was to reduce production to the benefit of quality and the care of each piece, then the decrease of sales points in Italy while at the same time looking for alternative markets.

Today, unlike the past, almost all of the production is destined for the foreign market and its few examples are present in over 40 countries in the world, making its contribution to the made in Italy.

Currently the Mastro produces about 2 thousand pipes a year with strictly artisan procedure, at the Mastro currently reigns a warm harmony, is a group of friends who strives to get the best. This also stems from the fact that pipes for Mastro de paja are not to be considered as any other object to be produced and sold following cold strategies common to everyone in the business world, it’s completely different, it is necessary to love it, it is a style of being, a philosophy of life that can only be appreciated by a noble soul and not noble by title but by principles.

  • LAVORAZIONE.jpg
  • MARCHI (1).jpg
  • MARCHI (2).jpg
  • MARCHI (3).jpg

The modeling of Mastro has not changed much over time, of course there is a continuous evolution for the better, determined also by the continuous research to make each piece as personalized as possible. Unique forms, that even if they are classic or classical, are capable of expressing personality. We can add looking at the past that this reason was one of the reasons for the unexpected and lightning success of the Pesaro brand, a worldwide success and it can be said that it is one of the most important and appreciated brands by pipe smokers and collectors from all over the world.

Mastro de paja pipes are classified into 3 groups: - LIMITED EDITION - ELITE COLLECTION - CLASSICA COLLECTION

Mastro de Paja "LIMITED EDITION"

They are pipes produced in unique artistic specimens made for recurrences, numbered and limited edition productions.

  • ART (1).jpg
  • ART (4).jpg
  • ART (5).jpg
  • ART (6).jpg

Mastro de Paja "ELITE COLLECTION"

It is the production of pipes made entirely by hand, even they are unique but of regular production.

On all "Mastro de Paja" pipes you can see fire stamped all the informations for tracing the value of each creation.

Mastro de Paja pipe of the year 2017, limited edition to celebrate 45° anniversary of the brand, awarded "Pipe of the year 2017" at Inter-Tabac (Dortmund) - Emanuele Mauro Collection
Mastro de Paja pipe of the year 2017, limited edition to celebrate 45° anniversary of the brand, awarded "Pipe of the year 2017" at Inter-Tabac (Dortmund) - Details - Emanuele Mauro Collection

RUSTICATED

  • 0B: Completely rusticated
  • 0B Unica: Completely rusticated with some smooth sections

SANDBLASTED

  • 1B: Dark brown or black sandblasted
  • 1B + 1 Sun: Light brown sandblasted

PARTIALLY RUSTICATED

  • 2D: Smooth with small sections rusticated
  • 2D + 1 Sun: Smooth straight grain with small sections rusticated

SMOOTH WITH COLORED FINISH

  • Ruber: Smooth with red stain
  • Castanea: Smooth with brown stain
  • 3A: Smooth with brown-orange stain
  • 3A + 1 Sun: Smooth good grain with brown-orange stain
  • 3A + 2 Sun: Smooth straight grain with brown-orange stain

SMOOTH WITH NATURAL FINISH

  • 3B: Smooth with a good grain and a natural finish
  • 3B + 1 Sun: Smooth excellent grain with natural finish
  • 3B + 2 Sun: Perfect grain
  • 3C: Good grain
  • 3C + 1 Sun: Excellent grain
  • 3C + 2 Sun: Perfect grain
  • F: Straight grain
  • F + 1 Sun: Good straight grain
  • F + 2 Sun: Excellent straight grain
  • F + 3 Sun: Perfect straight grain

Sometimes "Mastro de Paja Pipes" are enhanched with sterling silver, gold, precious stones and/or fine wood and are further classified and fire stamped on each pipe.

  • Stamp "P" : "Personal" with fine ornamentation.
  • Stamp "N" : "Normal" with basic sterling silver.
  • Stamp "L" : "Lavorata" with more complex sterling silver.
  • Stamp "S" : "Special" with elaborate sterling silver and specially worked.
  • Stamp "G" : "Gold" with special gold ornamentation.
  • Media : Medium size pipe
  • Gigante: Giant pipe
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Mastro de paja “CLASSICA COLLECTION” Pipes produced craft seeds, and for this reason there pipes have a very interesting value.

Good combination of price and quality, of course using, as always the best quality of briar paying attention to the details and all personal decoration that make each pipe unique.

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  • Example and nomenclature (Media, 0B, etc..) courtesy Doug Valitchka
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An excellent selection of Mastro de Paja pipes is available at Pipedia Underwriter, lepipe.it

Contact Information: 

Creazioni Italiane srl
Via Fossombrone, 2
IT - 61121 Pesaro (PU)
E-mail
Homepage
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