What our customers say about our smoking pipe in 2005

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after an long and very nice correspondence via mail i ordered my "tronchetto" yesterday around 11.00 a.m. ... its really unbelievable: today, around 10.00 am the pipe has reached my desk. just 23 hours from the order in italy to germany!
as i told you before, your website is almost as nice as your pipe shapes are. now i 've got the original stuff: very well wrapped to avoid damages, the pipe box and the pipe pouch are like the two items mentioned above: everything else than pretentious, simply well styled and perfectly suited to the "le nuvole"-design.
the pipe itself is marvellous and unique - simply: perfect artisan craftsmanship! in difference to most things in life, where photographed subjects look better on the screen than in reality, the "tronchetto" is much more a real beauty than it looked like on the pictures you had sent.
this starts with the overall shape - especially the curved top of the pot is as marvellous as a wonderful lady's lips ;-). i really cant stop to touch it. it goes on with the grain: almost straight (i did not realize that on the pictures!) on the one side and a even much more prettier (IMHO perfect) flame grain on the other. and it ends with a mouthpiece, perfectly trimmed and so smooth i never have it on any other pipe i own. between this points are many, many other parts and shapes i can enjoy with eyes and fingers, too.
not to mention the exclusivity to be the owner of one of only 9 filter-pipes you ever created (until now?). i really fear that i'll have to wait 'til christmas to smoke this beauty for the first time - it surely needs some celebration. maybe the first snow will bring the right mood for this special moment a little bit earlier.
dear maurizio, i have to thank you very much: for the nice and respectful correspondence as much as for the wonderful work you did; not to forget the very professional business ethics!
be ensured this won't be the last "le nuvole", i've bought (as you know, it depends a little bit on the ol' filter problem). i wish you and the whole tombari-family the very best in future, but first: a merry christmas and great new year 2006!
yours, bernhard

Mio caro Maurizio,

ho ricevuto ieri la pipa, un solo aggettivo: MERAVIGLIOSA!
Amore a prima vista, un oggetto creato con amore ed infinitamente bello nella sua semplicità; proprio questo mi ha catturato fin dal primo momento che l'ho vista tra le altre (altrettanto belle...).
Grazie grazie. Ogni altra parola sarebbe superflua e troppo limitativa. Gioirò delle fumate, ascoltando la mia musica preferita ed anche la tua, i nostri cari ed amati Beatles.
Bye Maurizio.

Ciao Maurizio,

non appena arrivata la tua pipa, da me battezzata "rondone in cova", mi hanno da subito colpito due cose. la leggerezza delle radica e la leggerezza della forma. una forma in movimento. uno stile che coniuga perfettamente perizia ingegneristica e rinascimento italiano attraverso le forme "immaginarie" della cultura contadina, mediate dal sogno e dal ricordo. è straordianario osservare come un oggetto possa informare sulla sensibilità del suo facitore, come la materia possa plasmarsi alle emozioni.
la pipa dal punto di vista funzionale è ottima. bilanciata, asciutta e instancabile. qui il bocchino in metacrilato riassume tutte le caratteristiche positive ipotizzabili: confortevole, leggero da tenere nei denti, forma graziosissima a spina di pesce ben pronunciata. il gusto in fumata è sostanzialmente neutro come nella migliore tradizione italiana. ora fumandoci il lancer's slices di fairmorn, tutta la cupola aromatica del latakia e dei gradi scuri dei virginia risuona rotonda e morbida esaltando e amplificando le peculiarità del delizioso pressato.
non posso altro che testimoniarti il mio apprezzamento convinto e rinnovare la mia stima e i miei amichevoli grazie

Bonjourno,

Thank you for the quick reply, it is my birthday weekend (I'm 43) and I am up a little later than usual. I am a frequent customer of Knoxville Cigar Co. and check their forums (bulletin boards) every day. I have admired your work but most importantly I am impressed with you after doing my research and reading everything I could find about you and your pipes. The internet is a powerful tool and I have come across your name more than once, I personally believe that Italian briar/pipe-makers are second to none. My Wife and her family are/were from Sicily and I have enjoyed, as have our children, the benefits of Italian quality goods. It is good to see that you and your Wife work together as a team, like my Wife Carla and I do, so I hope to "keep it in the family" and what better than an Italian pipe after a meal of Fettucine Alla Romana, Mozzarella Marinara and Garlic Bread etc... I look forward to doing business in the future.

Ciao,

Ciao Signore Tombari,

as you might remember, I had purchased one of your cornettos and I'm completely satisfied with it. But you have refascinated me (No such word? Perhaps it's a Zed word) with your Egg in Egg design. How could you come up with such an idea?
Congratulations. Looking forward to see your other Zeds to come. By the way, I am fully aware that your "regular" pipes aren't ordinary designs at all.

Best Regards,