Castello Trademark Bent Billiard (KKKK) Tobacco Pipe

There are times that Castellos can seem to have more exceptions to grading constructs than English has to its grammar. The number of Ks on a non-smooth pipe refer to size, and on a smooth, they refer to grain quality, correct? Not necessarily. The Trademark has always been something of a hybrid, regarding matters of grading. If a smooth pipe is judged as on the small side within a given batch, but presents what we would normally think of as a very solid, Castello Grade grain, it might well wind up as a Trademark. Looking at the decidedly "above basic" grain of this beauty, I can come up with no other reasoning for the grade stamp.

--Bear Graves