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4 photographsArchive Record FUH-RMBE-HHBV-C
Era undetermined
Reference example
This pipe is documented here as an example for study — it is a record in the archive, not an item offered for sale. Everything below is what the piece itself, and the evidence around it, will honestly support.
Original stem
Yes
Faridunhill standing declaration
Stem replaced or re-cut
No
Faridunhill standing declaration
Rim cleaned (no wood removed)
Yes
Faridunhill standing declaration
Refinished
No
Faridunhill standing declaration
Chamber reamed
Yes
Faridunhill standing declaration
Smoked
Yes
owner stated
Facts, not a grade. We do not score a pipe out of ten: a number would rank a restored pipe above an honest one, and restoration is exactly what this hobby prices down. Every line above is checkable by anyone holding the pipe. Lines marked Faridunhill standing declaration rest on our published, dated statement of shop practice (v1.0, 2026-07-29) — not on an inspection of this individual pipe. It is one document, in public, that you can hold us to.
This Capitello pipe represents the Italian maker's interpretation of the bent Dublin form, characterized by a conical bowl that flares gently from base to rim, combined with an elegant forward cant. The smooth green finish provides a distinctive coloration that sets it apart from more traditional stain treatments. The pipe employs an army mount system, featuring a metal reinforcement at the shank-stem junction that allows for disassembly while warm. A 9mm filter system is integrated into the design, accommodating various filtration options. The shape number 213 identifies this particular bent Dublin configuration within the Capitello catalog. As an estate pipe, it shows evidence of previous use. The dating relies on the estate designation and the presence of Capitello branding, placing it in the general category of previously owned Italian pipes from this maker.
2020-05-14
Logged from the Faridunhill archive — photographed and posted on Instagram, 2020-05-14.
2020-05-20
Sold through eBay for USD 36. No buyer is recorded.
2026-08-27
5 checklist facts recorded under Faridunhill's standing declaration of shop practice (2026-07-29).
2026-08-28
Honesty pass: statements the source does not support were removed (parts.bowl_material 'briar' removed; era 'estate era' -> undetermined).
This record is append-only. Nothing is deleted — a correction is a new entry that supersedes the old one, and both stay visible.
USD 36sold 2020-05-20 · eBay
From 1 recorded sale — this pipe, this day. A single transaction is not a market price, and we will never print one as if it were.
The sample this sits in: Faridunhill has recorded 11 sales of Capitello between 2017–2023 — median $40, most falling between $25 and $49.
The date shown is the date of sale, not the date this page was published. Our own transaction record, published free. No buyer appears here — not a name, not initials, not a country. Counted across both of our channels — eBay 2015–2022 and Etsy 2022–2026 — so the series is continuous and a change of marketplace is never read as a change in price.
Nobody leaves empty-handed. If you hold the catalogue page, the dated advertisement, or a hallmarked sibling that closes one of these — or simply own this model and can measure yours — send it in. Contributions are checked, credited to you by name, and the record is updated with the date it changed.
Instagram post, 2020-05-14. Published to a third-party platform on that date and archived since — a timestamp we cannot move. It is evidence that this object existed and looked like this, then.
The photographs are the identity. 4 images of this pipe's grain, stamping and stem are held as its fingerprint. The handle above is only a handle: lose it, and the pipe can still be matched back to this record from its grain.