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=== Dating Rossi pipes === | === Dating Rossi pipes === | ||
From the beginning of its activity and until, surely, the end of the | From the beginning of its activity and until, surely, the end of Twenties, the most part of Rossi pipes was just marked with "REAL BRIAR", "VERA RADICA" or "BRUYERE GARANTIE" (or something similar): this can easily be explained by the enormous amount of pipes daily producted, which requires the fastest solution. | ||
From, approximatively, | From, approximatively, Thirties, until Fifties, Rossi pipes were marked with "FRB" (Fratelli Rossi Barasso) or "MFRB" (Manifattura Fratelli Rossi Barasso), into an oval and above "OLD BRIAR" (or similar - sometimes, there was also "MFD. BY ROSSI", as "Manufactured by Rossi"); on the stem, there was generally the "R" letter in circle. However, in Sixties "FRB OLD BRIAR" was mantained for the "traditional pipes" (for cheap models - see below). | ||
In Sixties, pipes were marked with "Rossi" (in cursive font), with model name just under it; on the stem, there was "ROSSI" (for expensive models like "extra", which had the best quality; "racine", which was rusticated by hand; "extra grain", which was accurately sandblasted; "super", which had the best briar selection, and a limited production; "fiamma", which was the best selection of Sardinia and Greece briar, and a very limited production) or "R" in circle (for unexpensive models like "standard", "grana" and "frb"). | In Sixties, pipes were marked with "Rossi" (in cursive font), with model name just under it; on the stem, there was "ROSSI" (for expensive models like "extra", which had the best quality; "racine", which was rusticated by hand; "extra grain", which was accurately sandblasted; "super", which had the best briar selection, and a limited production; "fiamma", which was the best selection of Sardinia and Greece briar, and a very limited production) or "R" in circle (for unexpensive models like "standard", "grana" and "frb"). | ||
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From, approximatively, Seventies, until 1985, Rossi pipes were marked with "ROSSI", into an oval (sometimes there was also "ITALY" on the shank); on the stem, there was "ROSSI". In these years, appeared the signature "Nino Rossi" (in cursive font): he was the last heir of the factory. | From, approximatively, Seventies, until 1985, Rossi pipes were marked with "ROSSI", into an oval (sometimes there was also "ITALY" on the shank); on the stem, there was "ROSSI". In these years, appeared the signature "Nino Rossi" (in cursive font): he was the last heir of the factory. | ||
When Savinelli took back the production, it is said that first pipes had a twinbore mouthpiece | When Savinelli took back the production, it is said that first pipes had a twinbore mouthpiece, with "ROSSI" on the stem, and they were marked with "ROSSI" on the shank, into an oval. | ||
Today most of them had 6 mm or 9 mm adapter (also, for the most part, the stem was made by methacrylate, always with "Rossi" on the side). | |||
=== A walk through the factory === | === A walk through the factory === | ||