CAMINETTO Business 181 KS

CAMINETTO Business 181 KS

Italy

​A product of cooperation of three Italians: Guiseppe Ascorti, Luigi Radice and Gianni Davoli. The brand was produced in 1970’s and was very popular on both sides of Atlantic ocean. The name Caminetto comes from “a small chimney” (camino in Italian). Very unusual shape, amazing blast. We can only remark a bit higher drilling of the air passage.

​The pipe markings are “Caminetto \ BUSINESS \ 181 \ KS”, “HAND MADE IN ITALY \ CUCCIAGO (Co)”. The length is 15.3 cm, bowl’s hight is 5.5 cm. External dimensions of the bowl are 4.3 cm,  internal diameter is 2.0 cm. The depth is 4.6 cm and this pipe weights 75 gr. Briar, acrylic stem, no filter. The chamber has been fixed with a break-in coat. The stem was slightly fixed near the button – it’s visible under a bright light.


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