 Mr. Maurizio,
(day 1)
I received pipe#39 yesterday (to my suprise it took only
1 day to go from your place to mine...) and after unpacking,
and unpacking again... I eventually found the pipe I was
waiting for... (btw I'm glad you pack the pipes this way,
as the mail-men in Holland can be quite rude...).
My wife was present while unpacking the pipe... and when
it finaly saw daylight she screamed: 'It's not the same
pipe as on the picture you showed me!'. And to be honest...
in first instance I was shocked too! The colour of the pipe
was much darker than we saw on our computerscreen at home;
and even on the computerscreen in my bookshop (which is
top 'of the bill' btw).
But, after examining the grain, we came to the conclusion
that it is exactly the same pipe...; and after holding it
for a couple of hours in my hand... watching it... feeling
it... discovering it..., I can come to only one conclusion:
IT IS PERFECT!
It is in fact much more beautifulll than the initial colour
on the screen, and the shape and feel of this pipe: WOUW!
(day 2)
I'm breaking it in easy, but to be honest, I cant really
speak of a 'breaking in' as the pipe smokes great from the
start; something I've never experienced before!
So thanks Stefania for drawing this beautifull pipe (which
shape sits imho between an apple/prince/rhodesian/bulldog
(or am I just bad in interpreting classic styles?) and which
I -and my wife- just LOVE, and of course: Thanks Maurizio
for just picking out this piece of briar, this perfect bit,
the shapes, the finish and touch to this HEAVENLY light
and balanced pipe!
Hope to be able to order a second Le Nuvole pipe soon,
Michel
Michel
Overbosch - Hoorn - Nederland - November 25, 2004
An interesting review on italian pipes titled "Irrésistibles
Italiennes", has been recently written by Erwin Van Hove and published on the web site Fumeurs
de pipe.
At the end of the article there is a nice review on Le Nuvole
pipes.
I'd like to thank Erwin Van Hove from all the the italian
pipe maker!
Read
the article
November
2004
Maurizio is one of the finest pipe artisans I know.
I have been in the pipe and cigar business for nine years
and have purchased many pipes (from a variety of pipe makers)
for my stores, but the pipes I smoke are Le Nuvole. The
reason I smoke Le Nuvole pipes is that, in a word, they
are flawless. When you first get your pipe the first thing
you will notice is that the briar is AAA grade. You can
taste the briar. Maurizio spends many hours and days to
obtain the best briar.
From that, he crafts a work of art that fits that particular
piece of briar. The turns are exact and the finish is always
perfect. But he does not stop there. The mouthpiece is cut
so it is not bulky and awkward, but light and comfortable.
He uses rods of high grade Lucite that quite frankly create
the best and most comfortable mouthpiece available on any
pipe on the market today.
My
collection of Mauizio’s pipes keeps growing as you
can see. Maurizio is a master craftsman and Stefania is
a creative and visionary designer.
Le
Nuvole Pipes, I give them my highest rating 5 stars.
David
collection of Le Nuvole pipes
David
Castro - Mayersville- Maryland
- USA- November 2, 2004
Dear Maurizio:
I
can not thank you enough for the latest Le Nuvole acquisition
to my collection.
It is the most beautiful Pignattina I have ever seen. And,
just when I thought it could not be any better, you made
for me a long Cumberland stem.
Looking at this pipe, I am sure that any Hobbit or Wizard,
upon viewing it, would be quite jealous!
The
pipe smokes incredibly well, and has from the initial bowlful.
It passes the pipe cleaner test with both the long stem
as well as the short stem - a testament to a well-engineered
pipe.
I especially love your stem work; it is by far the most
comfortable stem made; it sits right in my teeth as though
it was custom made.
This
pipe marks the eighth Le Nuvole in my collection.
I can assure you there will be many more to come.
Keep
up the good work.
David
Siegel - New York- USA-
August 24, 2004
Le Nuvole? Prima di visitare Pesaro, per me le nuvole erano
quelle che offuscavano il grigio cielo di Torino, la città
in cui abito. Poi un amico pipatore mia ha detto: "Vai
a Pesaro? Non puoi non far visita a Maurizio Tombari."
Detto fatto. Ancor prima di arrivare in città avevo
già fatto amicizia per telefono con Maurizio, persona
disponibilissima ed affabile tanto che non ho saputo resistere
e, malgrado cinque ore di viaggio in autostrada e la stanchezza
accumulata, sono subito andato a far visita ai coniugi Tombari;
ed ho conosciuto "Le Nuvole".
Che pipe! che opere d'arte!
Già solo dallo loro forma traspare tutta la fantasia
che Maurizio e Stefania han saputo coniugare all' abilità
di plasmare l' Erica Arborea in oggetti affascinanti quali
le pipe sono, aggiungendo però un personalissimo
tocco a rafforzare la sensazione di trovarsi di fronte ad
un genuino prodotto artigianale.
Ed ho fatto mia una delle tante e belle Nuvole.
E' la pipa più preziosa che ho. Non tanto per il
suo valore commerciale, quanto per ciò che essa racchiude
e rappresenta.
La sua forma unica (anche se si tratta di un "tronchetto"
o "stand up poker" è caratterizzata da
alcune scelte estetiche che la rendono molto particolare),
la sua rusticatura leggera e curata tanto da farla sembrare
una sabbiatura, il suo colore trasparente e naturale.
E poi non posso dimenticare la lunga ed oculata scelta che
ho fatto essendo preda di un'indecisione acuta davanti a
tanti splendidi esemplari. Fin quando Stefania mi ha detto
: "Ma si, ti vedo bene con quella poker, è una
pipa da architetto!".
Ed anche se i miei studi universitari non si sono ancora
conclusi, la mia "pipa che stà in piedi"
mi accompagna sui libri di architettura con leggere e deliziose
nuvolette di fumo.
Un grazie a Stefania e Maurizio.
Maurizio Scalora - Torino - Italy -
June 9, 2004
Omygoshisthisabeautifulpipe!
O my gosh- is this a beautiful pipe! SPLENDID,
Maurizio. Positively.And
to think no one bought it in Chicago .... There's an old
saying about one person's loss being another one's gain.
What
can I say about this pipe- the fit and finish are completely
flawless:
1.
A pipe cleaner passes with effortlessly.
2.
The mortise opening is beveled with the joint face carefully
stained and polished. The sharp line where the stain stops
3.
The bit is perfect- nice, comfy, thin bit. The beveled tenon
makes for an even airflow.
4.
The grain pattern is dead center, bird's eye on the base
of the bowl (and bottom and top of the shank) with the straight
grain rising to present the gorgeous bird's eye grain in
a great span around the broad sweep of the upper tier.
5.
Inside the bowl is stunning straight grain on the sides
with even more bird's eye in the bottom. It's a shame to
cover this with cake- but somebody's got to do it!
6.
It wouldn't be a product of nature without a handful of
very inconspicuous tiny pinpoint flaws, reminding me how
fortunate I am to have you use a piece of briar this lovely
with no sabotaging, savage briar pits!
Bravissimo,
Maestro Maurizio!
My
humble congratulations on a truly world class pipe!
BIll
Withers - Decatur - GA - USA
- June 7, 2004
Dear Maurizio
My
pipe has, most definitely, arrived!!
In fact it arrived
with unbelievable speed. I ordered in the small hours of
last Tuesdaymorning from the UK. When I arose and checked
my email at 07.30, your reply was already waiting for me,
giving me the tracking number for the order! I could not
believe when checking the package the next morning at work
that it had been unloaded at Nottingham airport, and by10.20
it was delivered to my home! Things just could not be bettered
in terms of quality of service - some 30 hours from placing
of order to delivery, from Italy to England.
Absolutely
top-class!
But
now, the pipe itself, my dear friends, the new No.21!
Of
course I knew from the website photograph that I was buying
a pipe of elegance of form and fine grain. I expected a
high quality of manufacture, having read reports of other
customers, and knowing of your ethos and background.
Basically
I was anticipating a pipe which could join my favourites,
which include several English and Italian high quality ones
I have acquired over some 42 years of smoking.
Which
brings me to explain why it has taken me a whole week to
reply to you to thank you.
I must explain that I am a Scot,
and that innate "canniness" of nature leads me
to "suck and see" before giving opinion. I've
done a lot of sucking this last week, and already your pipe
is my number one. It simply gets better each time I smoke
it and I find myself having to force myself to rest it.Being
a musician, I have always respected the craftsmanship of
those who truly understand how to create the best instrument
from the wood they see in front of them, so that the player
can touch its soul and form an aesthetic affinity. I can
pay no higher tribute than to say to you Maurizio, that
my new Le Nuvole has such a feel to me already,and that
I look forward to many years of being in harmony with it.
I
don,t know how many pipes you sell to the UK, as I only
came across you by accident, following up some Italian pipe
searches in the USA (via Pfeienbox originally, I think).
I shall certainly shout your praises over here!
Thank
you again, and I have the feeling I'll keep an eye on your
website!
Yours,
Donald
McNab.
Donald
MacNab - Nottingham - UK - April 28, 2004
Carissimo Maurizio,
le mie due nuove Nuvole sono una accanto
all'altra, posate sulla scrivania affollata di libri.
Le
guardo con ammirazione, e non so quale fumare per prima.
Come le altre sono meravigliose, realizzate con la maestria
che da sempre ti caratterizza, con la precisione e l'ossessione
per il particolare che è propria di chi ama ciò
che realizza.
Come già ti dissi quando acquistai la mia prima "pignattina",
le tue pipe non sono solo semplici manufatti, ma poesie
di radica.
Non è semplice spiegare quanto coinvolga
i cinque sensi fumare una nuvola, per capirlo bisogna possederne
almeno una.
Il valore delle tue creazioni è evidente. La radica che usi è sempre di eccellente qualità, ed
il modo con cui la lavori rende queste pipe leggere quasi
come pipe di schiuma. La perfezione dei bocchini e la largezza
del dente regala una comodità inaspettata anche alle
pipe più grandi. La grazia di corpi e cannelli non
ha pari, così come la tua capacità di dare
letteralmente rilievo anche alle più piccole venature
della radica (ed è questa la ragione principale per
cui le immagini del sito non rendono pienamente merito all'effettiva
bellezza delle pipe).
Le Nuvole smentiscono la regola del rodaggio. Fumandole
la prima volta con amore, e con tabacco sciolto, si può
tranquillamente riempire il fornello. Nel volgere di pochissime
fumate il matrimonio tra brace e radica darà il suo
frutto.
E poi richiedono riposi brevissimi. Sono un fumatore asciutto,
certo, ma nessun'altra pipa, a fine fumata, è asciutta
come una Nuvola. Sorprendente. Spesso si potrebbe anche
evitare il passaggio dello scovolino.
Nessuna pipa racchiude in se tanta personalità. Quando
ne affianco una a quelle che ho da tempo, sembra quasi che
arrossiscano!
Le Nuvole sono semplici ed aristocratiche al contempo, estraggono
sempre (a patto che le si tratti con il rispetto che ogni
radica preziosa meriterebbe ricevere) il massimo da ogni
tabacco, svelandone perfettamente sfumature e contrasti.
Sono
davvero orgoglioso di averti conosciuto, Maurizio, e di
avere il privilegio di essere tuo affezionato cliente. La
grandezza non si improvvisa, e tu sei senza alcun dubbio
un grande maestro.
Grazie. Di cuore. Di tutto.
Luigi
Masella - Collegno (TO) - Italy
- March 10, 2004
Dear Maurizio,
since the one I have is absolutely perfect, beautiful, and
smokes fine, I will no doubt be buying another pipe (or
two) from you. Thank you again for making such a terrific
pipe. I have been smoking a pipe for about 30 years, and
have had many, many pipes and this just might become my
favorite of all time.
Many regards,
Bruce
Scott - Sterling - CO - USA
- February 4, 2004
I have received my pipe. It was beautiful, as expected.
My wife noted that not only did it have the shape of a horn,
but it also reminded her of a tulip.
I took that not only as a compliment to my choice of a pipe
that smokes well and has wonder appeal to the eye, but also
a tribute to you and your wife's novel approach to pipe
making.
It is nice to enjoy the hard work you and your wife put
into this treasure of a pipe.
Thank you
Drean
and Diana Priest - Conway
- Arkansas - USA - Genuary 3, 2004 |
