Croci from Mantova, Italy
- At the end of March, 1999 I became familiar to still one Italian
- master, Croci. This pipe is a medium sized or perhaps even smaller
- than medium, a smooth half bent freehand based on the classic
- Dublin shape. It is a beautiful "fiammata", i.e. straight grained
- briar, marked as "True" by Croci, which means in his categorization
- at least a middle classed pipe.
- Mike Glukler, the dealer of Croci in West Canada
- Mr. Glukler's words about Croci
- Beautifully grained Croci freehand
- Freehand based on Dublin from left
- The freehand shape is clear from above
New Crocis, May 14th, 1999
- I got two new Crocis from Italy. My friend Maurizio Goldoni sent a nice
- looking "Amica" and a "PC" grade pipes, a little bent, perhaps "apple" and
- "pot" shaped, medium sized or slightly smaller beauties from Mantova.
- I'll give another of these to my friend Tapio. It will be interesting to
- see, which will he pick of these two.
- "Amica is a little more expensive than the "Pipa Croci", but they both are
- very affordable, about USD 50 only! "Amicas" are a little higher priced
- because small faults are somewhat more probable in "PC":s than in
- "Amicas". Maurizio succeeded to pick a faultless "PC", about which I am
- grateful to him. My warm thanks Maurizio!
- master, Croci. This pipe is a medium sized or perhaps even smaller
- Reddish stained "Amica" from left
- The same pipe from right
- The brown stained "Pipa Croci" pot/billiard "PC"
- Same pipe from left, a real Italian beauty!
Radice, a classic from Italy
Created March.23.99, Updated May 17th, 1999
- Reddish stained "Amica" from left