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"Claudio Cavicchi est un homme très occupé : outre le fait qu'il est agriculteur, et produit des fruits et légumes, participe à de nombreux concours de fumeur de pipe, il trouve encore le temps de fabriquer des pipes... la nuit.

Il choisit pour cela des plateaux de bruyère de Ligurie et de Calabre, et les traite avec un processus - secret - pendant trois ans.

Il utilise des tuyaux en acrylique, polis par sa femme Daniela, qui s'occupe aussi des finitions des pipes lisses, et du guillochage des autres.

Il est aussi grand amateur de flake, virginie et perique.

A eux deux, ils arrivent à produire 600 pipes par an."

"When we were thinking about a pipe maker to make a special 10th Anniversary pipe for Smokingpipes.com, Claudio was an obvious choice. We're huge fans of Claudio's work. He has a remarkable knack for making things special. His pipes are always beautifully executed. There are many brands we carry that we would be proud to bear the Smokingpipes.com stamp along with that of the maker, but Claudio was very much the perfect choice. We were delighted when Claudio agreed to make thirty pipes to celebrate our anniversary. Each one comes with a large, cast sterling silver band with Cavicchi's logo on top and '10 Ann' on the bottom. Each is also stamped with Smokingpipes.com's round pipe stamp and is numbered out of thirty. Each is also presented in Claudio's beautiful lovat shape (a particular favorite of his, and one he considers particularly demanding of the pipemaker). When we opened the box from Claudio, having arrived just a day before the Chicago pipe show where we'd planned to unveil them, we were giddy like little boys: these are just way too cool. Claudio did an even better job that we had hoped! :

Ma plus belle - Baptiser "Le Bûcheron" endimanché.





(clic) Jos. Montferrand, de la légende à la réalité

(clic) Pour visionner "Les bûcherons de la Manouane"















El Che, muy feliz !