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Thanks to Jeff (commonsenseman) I am now a proud churchwarden owner! As promised here are pics and a quick review.
and: Savinelli
Country: Italy
Bowl Material: Briar
Finish: Rustic
Stem Material: Vulcanite
Shape: 901
Package: Box
Filter: None
Length: 10.63 in. / 269.96 mm.
Height 1.52 in. / 38.55 mm.
Bowl Outside Diameter: 1.52 in. X 1.17 in. / 38.70 mm. X 29.82 mm.
Bowl Inside Diameter: 0.85 in. X 0.54 in. / 21.69 mm. X 13.65 mm.
Bowl Depth: 1.26 in. / 32.03 mm.
Weight: 1.3 oz. / 37 g.
At a quick profile glance this Savinelli looks like a very traditional churchwarden, but a closer look reveals a thin oval shaped bowl. This shape fits the hand quite comfortably and holds more tobacco than expected. I was able to get roughly 4 grams of ribbon cut in with just a little room to spare.
The dark rusticated finish is well executed and fits this pipe beautifully. It also fits the bill for what I was looking for, a Middle Earth style churchwarden, perfectly. The stem seems to have a bit of a twist, but nothing that interferes with smokeability or comfort, and no other flaws. In fact that is the only flaw I have found and I'm sure it could be fixed fairly easily by someone who knows what they are doing.
With the shape of the bowl the draft hole is at the near end so lighting takes a little practice. Holding my Zippo pipe lighter over the center of the bowl actually gave a slightly off center light. This is easily solved, though, by holding the lighter slightly toward the far end. If relighting is necessary, the farther into the bowl you are, the farther down the bowl you have to light to get an even burn. Loading takes a little more attention as well in order to get the baccy packed evenly, but not too much.
Once well lit this pipe smokes like a dream. It did develop some gurgle but that was the fault of wet baccy, not the pipe. The smoke was cool just like it should be from a churchwarden. I did have several relights, but once again, not the fault of the pipe, and when I was done there was very little dottle.
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Thanks for reading and happy piping!
p
and: Savinelli
Country: Italy
Bowl Material: Briar
Finish: Rustic
Stem Material: Vulcanite
Shape: 901
Package: Box
Filter: None
Length: 10.63 in. / 269.96 mm.
Height 1.52 in. / 38.55 mm.
Bowl Outside Diameter: 1.52 in. X 1.17 in. / 38.70 mm. X 29.82 mm.
Bowl Inside Diameter: 0.85 in. X 0.54 in. / 21.69 mm. X 13.65 mm.
Bowl Depth: 1.26 in. / 32.03 mm.
Weight: 1.3 oz. / 37 g.
At a quick profile glance this Savinelli looks like a very traditional churchwarden, but a closer look reveals a thin oval shaped bowl. This shape fits the hand quite comfortably and holds more tobacco than expected. I was able to get roughly 4 grams of ribbon cut in with just a little room to spare.
The dark rusticated finish is well executed and fits this pipe beautifully. It also fits the bill for what I was looking for, a Middle Earth style churchwarden, perfectly. The stem seems to have a bit of a twist, but nothing that interferes with smokeability or comfort, and no other flaws. In fact that is the only flaw I have found and I'm sure it could be fixed fairly easily by someone who knows what they are doing.
With the shape of the bowl the draft hole is at the near end so lighting takes a little practice. Holding my Zippo pipe lighter over the center of the bowl actually gave a slightly off center light. This is easily solved, though, by holding the lighter slightly toward the far end. If relighting is necessary, the farther into the bowl you are, the farther down the bowl you have to light to get an even burn. Loading takes a little more attention as well in order to get the baccy packed evenly, but not too much.
Once well lit this pipe smokes like a dream. It did develop some gurgle but that was the fault of wet baccy, not the pipe. The smoke was cool just like it should be from a churchwarden. I did have several relights, but once again, not the fault of the pipe, and when I was done there was very little dottle.
Thanks for reading and happy piping!
p
