Castello: Old America 2024 Collection Fiammata Pot (02.18) Tobacco Pipe

Product Number: 002-386-5760

Founded in 1947 by Carlo Scotti, Castello's commitment to handcrafting high-quality pipes helped elevate the reputation of Italian pipes to luxury status. Furthermore, Castello's approach to shaping helped cultivate the bowl-centric and whimsical Italian neoclassic aesthetic. In 2020, Castello started the Old America series, honoring the American audience of the Italian workshop's pipes by choosing shapes from their legendary shape chart, greatly enhancing their size, and dressing them in a wide variety of finishes. Each pipe in the series also features a diamond-like inlay on the stem base, a callback to how Castello used to distinguish pipes made for U.S. distribution with a similar inlay, offering a retro look that old-school Castello fans are sure to appreciate.

For 2024, Castello has crafted two different shapes for the line: a stout, thick-walled Pot, and a towering, yet comparatively slender Dublin. The Pot, as seen here, seems based on the workshop's "17" or "15" shape, and it displays remarkably robust proportions, with an impressive thickness present throughout its entire build. The transition is wide, and it gives way to a hearty shank that tapers subtly toward a more swiftly tapering stem, here rendered from jet-black acrylic: the combination's diminution placing further emphasis on the bowl. Said bowl stands atop a firm, pronounced heel and grows walls of truly imposing stature, rising with an almost cylindrical outline to a broad, plateau-crowned rim and surrounding a cavernous chamber sure to offer lengthy smoking sessions. This particular piece is serialized as number two out of 18 total pieces, and it's dressed in Castello's Collection finish, the light stain of the briar revealing flame grain good enough to have earned this pipe the coveted Fiammata designation.

-John McElheny
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Measurements & Other Details

  • Length: 7.00 in./177.80 mm.
  • Weight: 5.39 oz./152.86 g.
  • Bowl Height: 2.64 in./67.06 mm.
  • Chamber Depth: 2.00 in./50.80 mm.
  • Chamber Diameter: 1.05 in./26.67 mm.
  • Outside Diameter: 2.38 in./60.45 mm.
  • Stem Material: Acrylic
  • Filter: None
  • Shape: Pot
  • Finish: Smooth
  • Material: Briar
  • Country: Italy
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