shopping_basket
Black Swan Shoppe Home Page
menu

navigate_before Paronelli Artisan Freehand Pipes

Paronelli Artisan High Grade Freehand Briar Pipe (Special 10)

£290.00
Qty
  • Overall Length: 215mm
  • Overall Height: 155mm
  • Bowl Height: 52mm
  • Bowl Diameter: 38mm
  • Bore: 21mm
  • Weight: 60g
  • Unfiltered
  • Aged Briar (Minimum 70 Years)
  • Gift Boxed
  • Deluxe pipe bag included

Paronelli Italian Artisan Briar Pipes: Paronelli are true Artisan pipe making family company making boutique, one off, high grade pipes. Every pipe is hand crafted using choice Sardinian and Calabrian Briar from their own plantation where they control the trees to ensure only the highest grade of root Briar is grown. The root is only harvested between October and March when the plant is at rest so there is no sap in the wood which is the cause of bitter tastes in your pipe. Every piece of Briar is then boiled to purify the wood and remove minerals and tannins. The Briar is then dried and seasoned for a minimum of 70 years! No ........ that isn't a typo, every pipe is crafted from a piece of Briar harvested by the craftsman's grandfather! This ensures a cool and sweet smoke from the first light with little breaking in required. They limit production to around 1000 pipes per year to maintain the highest level of craftsmanship and as not to exhaust their precious stocks. Each pipe is finished naturally using Carnauba wax and no artificial elements.

Paronelli Special 10: The Paronelli Special 10 is a true artisan pipe made with passion, flair and confidence. Whoever envisaged this pipe is a true master craftsmen as a reasonably sized bowl with a superb flame grain and bullseye on the base could easily have been used for a standard high grade pipe. However someone had a vision and have added a very uniquely shaped churchwarden stem. Despite the shape it is very well balanced which is very deceiving to the eye but shows true skill. A really beautiful and special churchwarden pipe.

ONE OFF PIPE: This is a one off pipe and the pipe in the picture is the exact pipe you will receive. Please note that colour varies depending on your computer monitor and may not replicate the colour exactly.