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Talamona di Paolo Croci Pipes
Talamona di Paolo Croci
They were turbulent times in Italy when Cornelio Talamona, a carpenter by trade, began to manufacture pipes in his bottega in 1929 to earn a few extra quid.
When his son Cesare left school in 1945 at the age of 15, times were obviously a lot worse. There was neither a place for an apprenticeship nor another job to be found in the destitute and war-torn country. And Cesare felt no desire to continue to attend school which moreover would have cost money. So Cornolio decided the boy might lend him a helping hand in the workshop, where at the time, priority was placed in building furniture.
In 1970 Cesare started the pipe business, based near Lake Varese in the Lombardy region he soon became well known around Italy for his craft. Talamona quickly became famous around the world for his creativity in large pipes.
Once Cesare retired in 2007 at the venerable age of 85 years old, and not wanting to bring his legacy of high Italian craft to an end, he entrusted everything to Paolo Croci, who, in 2010 started the limited production of the brand, respecting the will of Cesare Talamona to continue to produce high quality, handmade, artisanal pipes in generous sizes.
They continue to this day with the motto "Every pipe has a soul and who buys it finds it themselves".
These pipes are truly a work of art and it will be a real dilemma as to whether you will want to smoke it or put it on display for all to see.
Bog Oak
Bog oak, also known as Abonos or Morta is a material from trees that have been buried in peat bogs and preserved from decay by the acidic and anaerobic bog conditions, sometimes for hundreds, if not thousands of years. The wood is usually stained black by tannins dissolved in the acidic water. Bog Oak represents the early stages in the fossilisation of wood, with further stages ultimately forming jet, lignite and coal over a period of many millions of years.
ONE OFF PIPE:
These are one-off pipes and the pipe in the picture is the exact pipe you will receive. Please note that colour varies depending on your computer monitor and may not replicate the colour exactly.
