Pipe Identification Help
Wrmills
Apprentice
Hello! I am trying to identify a pipe that I have. I believe that is a Savinelli insignia on the stem, but there isn't any more information on the pipe besides what is shown. 
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Yep, looks like Savinelli to me as well. My “Hand Made” has the snake, it also seems to me that the Savinelli “Sigla”? Line comes to mind.
Those look similar, except they are autograph pipes and the autograph on them. I have never seen a Sav that doesn't say so on the bottom of the bowl.
There is also a “Rock Grain”.
Out of curiosity, does the tenon have a small “Savinelli” stamped (raised) around the tenon. Many of my original Savinelli’s have the face of the stem labeled that way, encircling the tenon.
My Savinelli “Hand Made” does not have Savinelli stamped anywhere on the stummel, only encircling the tenon on the stem...it says Savinelli Patent....probably because of the 6mm balsa drilling. I believe the “Hand Made” series are “Autographs” that didn’t make the cut. Pipes that were started as an “Autograph”, but ended up with flaws. Too much Hand work to just toss them in the “burn pit”. Nice straight/flame grain on mine, but there are five fills, hence the darker stain and therefore relegated to be an “Autograph Second”.
Your’s looks to have very nice ring grain in that blast. It looks like it has a flaw on the left side that goes from the bottom of the bowl all the way to the rim, bisecting the ring grain. My guess, it is the reason it was blasted, nice ring grain overall, just that “deep” gnarly doomar they knew they could not sand smooth, and too big to fill. It would have had a vertical line of putty pretty much top to bottom. Not good for a smooth high grade, but a very nice blasted “almost” high grade.
Gotcha! Thanks for the help.It doesn't have Savinelli on the tenon either.
Does it have either 6mm or 9mm drilling, or just a normal tenon/stem?
Just a normal tenon/stem
What I kind of expected. I think the “Savinelli Patent” stamp would be for the filter drilling system. I am still of the mind that yours is a genuine Savinelli “Hand Made”.
No worries, I have problems with pic size as well🤔
Well thanks! I didn't pay too much for it if it isn't, but still seems like it could be a nice smoker. It has a larger bowl than most of my other pipes.
Large bowl, another check for the “Hand Made”, most Savinelli “Autographs” are large pipes, so it would make sense that the “seconds” would be larger pipes as well🙂
I am not generally a fan of blasted pipes, but when the grain “pops” with the right stain, some are nice. Your’s has a very nice blast/grain.👍🏻
Thanks! I appreciate your help. I am new to this website. It seems to me like this community is a little bit smaller and close knit. Doesn't feel like I'll be as lost on an endless forum trying to catch up.
I've never seen a Savinelli without the Savinelli name and logo stamped on the briar somewhere. That being said, the logo you posted was by Savinelli on the Rock Grain and the Hand Made line.
From what I've been told by some more knowledgeable pipe collectors, both of these do happen from time to time with factory pipes. It's about like a pipe with bad drilling making it through the process and winding up on a shelf to be sold.
I would guess from the name Calypso that yours was produced by Mastercraft.
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John Lawitzke
https://pipesmokersdens.com/threads/savinelli-markings.656/
How Savinelli makes pipes: They decide to make a run of a certain shape, say the 320KS. (Note, that I say a run of a certain shape and not a run of a certain line such as Oscar or Trevi.) Someone goes out to the briar shed and using a template, they select blocks of an appropriate size for the stummel shape. The blocks are taken into the factory and get made into a 320KS stummel. The stummels then go to grade sorting. A grade inspector looks at the stummels and sorts them based on grain grade. After this sort, then they go to be made into the various lines based on the grade of the stummel. The high grades go to lines such as Giubileo d'Oro and Punto Oro. For the high grade lines, the stummels are hand finished and the stems are hand cut. The mid-grade lines may have hand finished stummels but machine made stems (molded). (If it's a hand cut stem, it is stamped "HAND CUT". If it is a hand finished stummel, it is stamped "HAND MADE".) The low end lines have machine finished stummels and machine made stems (molded).
Thus, all Savinelli standard shapes are made from the same briar. What you are paying for as you move into the mid-grade and high end lines is better grain, hand finishing, and hand made stems. To me, a hand made stem makes a huge world of difference.
So, what happens after stummel grade sorting when you have a bunch of stummels left over that didn't even qualify for the low end lines? Instead of letting them sit around, Savinelli decided to make use of them and the unfinished line was introduced. Currently, it is called Series III, because it is the third time that they have released unfinished pipes. There have previously been Series I and Series II releases. The unfinished Series is a seconds line. That is why they have no brand or shape number stampings. (At least, as of the last time that I looked at one.) It's the exact same briar as used in a top end Giubileo d'Oro and will smoke just fine. It just didn't make the grade to be used in a finished series and as a result makes for a very affordable pipe to buy for the Savinelli smoking experience.
Hope this helps.>>
I found this little leather monogrammed case on EBay described as a pipe case. I think not.
I did buy it, knowing it probably was not and actual pipe case, but I thought it would work as a pipe case. It looked well built and it was very inexpensive.
I looked around trying to figure out what the heck the two stiff little white plastic “sticks” in the lid were?
The more I look at examples the more I think jewelry case, so with two spots looking to be specifically for the little “sticks”, I think my first impressions of collar stays and jewelry box is looking the most logical. Especially since @Zouave and @vtgrad2003 think maybe collar stays. I also think it maybe missing a padded insert to hold rings and cufflinks.
P.S. I have never used collar stays, (I have never worn a suit of any kind), but for some reason I had an idea of what they could be. I have no idea why I even knew they existed even before googling the case🤔. I have crazy amounts of trivial information stored in my grape.
How thick are they? Collar stays are usually quite thin and light so they don't damage the shirt if it's accidentally washed with the stays inside the collars. Cuticle boards are usually much thicker--say, like the thickness of a popsicle stick.
I just don't understand why so much effort would be put into creating a separate storage space for a couple of collar stays. I mean, look at the effort that went into cutting, mounting and stitching those loops on the lid of the box?
I personally don't think it's a traveling, men's "jewelry box", I think it's more like a men's toiletry box (as opposed to a toiletry bag). there are tons of different designs but all with the same basic shape
I don't have a clue what the hell it is.