Savinelli Punto Oro 803 EX Lumberman Estate Pipe, Smooth Finish, Extraordinaire Size, Original Sleeve, Italy

The Savinelli Punto Oro 803 EX is the Lumberman layout in Extraordinaire size: a cylindrical billiard-style bowl on an elongated oval shank, finished smooth in a reddish-brown stain that lets the grain show. This one is pre-smoked, in very good condition, and it will come with its original Savinelli Punto Oro sleeve.

THE MAKER
Savinelli began as a shop, not a factory. In 1876 Achille Savinelli Sr. opened a tobacco shop in Milan, and in 1890 his son Carlo took it over and ran it for about fifty years. Pipe making followed in 1948, when Achille Jr. started Savinelli pipe production in the Varese region; the sources differ on his partners (one names Amleto Pome and Mario Vettoruzzo, another an association with Enea Buzzi at Brebbia), and both accounts are kept. In 1953 Savinelli split from Buzzi, whose Brebbia pipes continue as their own brand, and the company built its own factory at Molina di Barasso. Production has stayed in Italy ever since, and the fourth generation, Giancarlo Savinelli, now runs the house.

THE MARKS
- SAVINELLI over PUNTO ORO, stamped
- Shield logo, 803 EX, ITALY, stamped

The line name and the size code tell the story of the pipe. Punto Oro (Gold Dot) is a Savinelli line, and Savinelli's own staff say they began producing it in the 1950s. The number 803 is the Lumberman shape (a dealer source names the 803 KS as a Lumberman too), and the suffix EX stands for Extraordinaire, a very large size in Savinelli's 2015 catalogue.

DATING
The three-digit shape number means this is not from the early four-digit era (Savinelli moved to three digits during the 1970s). The Punto Oro line itself runs from the 1950s to today and the ITALY stamp only confirms production since 1948, so none of these marks narrows the age further. No year is claimed here.

THE SHAPE AND THE FINISH
The bowl has a clean, cylindrical wall, and the shank is long and oval rather than round. The smooth surface is stained a warm reddish brown, and the photographs show the grain. The stem is black. The last photographs show a soft pouch printed LA SAVINELLI punto oro.

Condition: pre-smoked, in very good condition.

THE MEASUREMENTS
- Length: 165 mm (6.50 in)
- Bowl height: 56 mm (2.20 in)
- Bowl width: 43 mm (1.69 in)
- Chamber diameter: 22 mm (0.87 in)
- Chamber depth: 49 mm (1.93 in)
- Weight: 63 g (2.22 oz)

Ships from the Faridunhill archive. Worldwide shipping and professional sanitation on every estate pipe. SKU: 569