FAMOUS CASTELLO SMOKERS

[Searock Fan]

The thread about FAMOUS DUNHILL SMOKERS made me think of this. I'll start off...

I remember seeing a news cast years ago that showed president Sadat of Egypt smoking his pipe and I'm sure it was a Castello.

 

[autumnfog]

Sandro Pertini.

La pipa brianzola numero uno al mondo che ha fatto innamorare Pertini e Bearzot

Per gli appassionati del genere rappresenta il marchio di riferimento a livello mondiale. Basta infatti interrogare un qualsiasi amico amante della pipa per sen

www.notiziegeniali.it

 

[huntertrw]

FAMOUS CASTELLO SMOKERS​

No, wait, he's a Costello smoker. Sorry!

 

[AJL67]

Off to start my Famous Barlings smokers thread! Does @sablebrush52 count? :D

 

[didimauw]

Title meant to say " famous Castello smokers" correct?

 

[georged]

The most famous Castello smoker on Earth is our own Big Dave Peterson.

Hell yeah

 

[jpberg]

The most famous Castello smoker on Earth is our own Big Dave Peterson.

Hell yeah

Dudes got more Castello collections than I have pipes.

 

[Searock Fan]

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No, wait, he's a Costello smoker. Sorry!

Cute! But actually that could be a Castello Searock. Notice the black carved finish and the shine of the stem. Lou Costello passed in 1959 and at that time, as far as I know, Castello only imported Searock finished pipes to the U.S.. And again, as far as I know, they were the only ones using a Lucite stem. Any vulcanite stem would not hold it's shine very long and from what I can see of the rim of the bowl, this pipe has been smoked for a while. Therefore, I suspect it might indeed be a Castello. Besides, Lou could afford any pipe he wanted and it would have cost a whole $25, plus the name might have appealed to him.

 

[sablebrush52]

Off to start my Famous Barlings smokers thread! Does @sablebrush52 count? :D

I ALWAYS count.

 

[orlandofurioso]

Sandro Pertini.

La pipa brianzola numero uno al mondo che ha fatto innamorare Pertini e Bearzot

Per gli appassionati del genere rappresenta il marchio di riferimento a livello mondiale. Basta infatti interrogare un qualsiasi amico amante della pipa per sen

www.notiziegeniali.it

I own a few Dino da Campione ( Leonardo Airaghi ) pipes, very idiosyncratic character he was.
Sandro Pertini was his regular customer too.