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Piero's current production is about 80 pipes per year, all completely handmade with rasps, files, sand paper, dremelI, and a small lathe that he uses for the stems, which are from ebonite rod. Most of his production are smooth, but he also makes some sandblasts and a few rusticated pipes. | Piero's current production is about 80 pipes per year, all completely handmade with rasps, files, sand paper, dremelI, and a small lathe that he uses for the stems, which are from ebonite rod. Most of his production are smooth, but he also makes some sandblasts and a few rusticated pipes. | ||
He uses plateaux and ebouchon extra extra quality | He uses plateaux and ebouchon extra extra quality briar stored in his workshop for about 2 years before using it. Most of the briar that comes from Tuscany or Calabria, while the stems are made with German ebonite. | ||
<gallery widths=300 heights=200 caption="Examples courtesy lepipe.it"> | <gallery widths=300 heights=200 caption="Examples courtesy lepipe.it"> | ||