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Started in 1972 by Terenzio
Cecchini and Giancarlo Guidi, Mastro de Paja has long been recognized as
one of the finest hand made pipes in the world. In 1980, Guidi left to
start Ser Jacopo at a time when Mastro was becoming one of the largest
hand made pipe companies in Italy. When Alberto Montini took the reigns
of the company he cut back production and stressed quality over
quantity, assembling a team of five of Italy's finest carvers to return
the company to world wide prominence. Noted for the superb graining of
the carefully chosen highest quality briar, inventive and expert silver
work, and the genius designs of Montini, the Mastro de Paja pipe is a
jewel highly regarded in anyone's collection. Click on the pipe thumbnail for a larger view. |