About Mastro de Paja Pipes
PipesandCigars
1645 Central Avenue
Albany, NY 12205
1-800-494-9144
HIGH-QUALITY HAND-MADE PIPES Mastro de Paja are formed by the expert and hightly capable hands of craftsmen - famous pipes with the unmistakable sun brand, known and appreciated by connoisseurs throughout the world. Unique and inimitable because they are unrepeatable encounter of precious Mediterranean briars, with the sensitivity of the craftsman who, using art and inspiration, models them individually. And, in the modelling process, brings to light the most concealed and valuable qualities of the briar. Varied designs, original lines and a deriberately limited productions make Mastro de Paja pipes objects destined for the most demanding and refined collectionists. Beautiful and loved, they are also excellent pipes because they are worked with care by those who know them: a successful sinthesis of formal beauty and functionality. Rigorous controls and selections give Mastro de Paja pipes, right from the first smoke, that rounded taste which is then maintained intact for the whole of its long and extraordinary life.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE LONG AND EXTRAORDINARY ROAD FROM THE BRIAR TO THE BOWL The briar used in the making of pipes is obtained from the "Erica Arborea", a plant widely distributed in many parts of the Mediterranean area. Mastro de Paja, after careful research, has chosen the best briars of the Mediterranean for its pipes. Successively, only the highest quality and most resistent briar is selected for the working. The successive phases, the squaring off of the blocks of briar, the design, the modelling and the finishing and curving of the mouthpiece require the gifts of ability and precision, and the creative sensitivy. Before the final phase of working, the pipes are carefully selected at the Mastro de Paja. The pipes judged perfect are carefully hand-tinted, polished and branded. Once finished, and once again selected with extreme rigour, they may finally be presented to the public.
1 The highest quality and most resistent chunks of briar are selected for working. 2 The craftsman forms the design of the pipe directly on the chunk by hand, following the line and grain. 3 The preselected piece is smoothed off carefully following the shape of the design. 4 After hollowing the steam and the bowl, a further finish is applied. 5 The craftsman brings to light the most concealed and precious qualities of the briar. 6 The mouthpiece is curved with great care and sensivity. 7 The selected pipes, without any defect, are carefully hand-tinted.
8 The characteristic brilliance is added to Mastro de Paja pipes by a final polishing operation.
PIPE CLASSIFICATION All Maestro de Paja pipe illustrated in the catalogue are classified by finish in groups. Each model can made in the following finished: RUSTICATED GROUP ---OB ---OB UNICA
- Completely Rusticated - Rusticated with some smooth section SANDBLASTER GROUP
---1B - Dark Brown or Black Sandblasted ---1B - Light Brown Sand Blasted HALF RUSTICATED GROUP
---2D - Smooth with some small section rusticated ---2D - Straight Grain Smooth with some Small Section Rusticated ---2D UNICA -Unique model with some Section Rusticated
COLORED SMOOTH GROUP --- RUBER - Red Stain --- CASTANEA - Brown Stain ---3A - Brown Orange Stain ---3A - Good Grain, Brown Orange Stain ---3A - Straight Grain, Brown Orange Stain
NATURAL SMOOTH GROUP ---3B
- Good grain, Natural finish
---3B - Excellent grain, Natural finish ---3B - Perfect grain, Natural finish ---3C - Good grain ---3C - Excellent grain ---3C - Perfect grain ---F - Good Straight Grain ---F - Excellent Straight Grain ---F - Perfect Straight Grain UNICA - Unique Model with Straight Grain
Sometimes Mastro de Paja pipes are enhanced with sterling silver, gold, precius stone and/or fine wood and are futher classified: "P" "N" "L" "S" "G" - Personal, with Fine Wood ornamentation - Normal, with basic Sterling Silver - Lavorata, with more complex Sterling Silver - Special, with elaborate Sterling Silver specially worked - Gold, with special gold ornamentation Every Maestro de Paja pipe is stamped with the group classification and the level of ornamentation. For Example: 3A L, OB N, Unica S pad aboutmastro
1645 Central Avenue
Albany, NY 12205
1-800-494-9144
HIGH-QUALITY HAND-MADE PIPES Mastro de Paja are formed by the expert and hightly capable hands of craftsmen - famous pipes with the unmistakable sun brand, known and appreciated by connoisseurs throughout the world. Unique and inimitable because they are unrepeatable encounter of precious Mediterranean briars, with the sensitivity of the craftsman who, using art and inspiration, models them individually. And, in the modelling process, brings to light the most concealed and valuable qualities of the briar. Varied designs, original lines and a deriberately limited productions make Mastro de Paja pipes objects destined for the most demanding and refined collectionists. Beautiful and loved, they are also excellent pipes because they are worked with care by those who know them: a successful sinthesis of formal beauty and functionality. Rigorous controls and selections give Mastro de Paja pipes, right from the first smoke, that rounded taste which is then maintained intact for the whole of its long and extraordinary life.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE LONG AND EXTRAORDINARY ROAD FROM THE BRIAR TO THE BOWL The briar used in the making of pipes is obtained from the "Erica Arborea", a plant widely distributed in many parts of the Mediterranean area. Mastro de Paja, after careful research, has chosen the best briars of the Mediterranean for its pipes. Successively, only the highest quality and most resistent briar is selected for the working. The successive phases, the squaring off of the blocks of briar, the design, the modelling and the finishing and curving of the mouthpiece require the gifts of ability and precision, and the creative sensitivy. Before the final phase of working, the pipes are carefully selected at the Mastro de Paja. The pipes judged perfect are carefully hand-tinted, polished and branded. Once finished, and once again selected with extreme rigour, they may finally be presented to the public.
1 The highest quality and most resistent chunks of briar are selected for working. 2 The craftsman forms the design of the pipe directly on the chunk by hand, following the line and grain. 3 The preselected piece is smoothed off carefully following the shape of the design. 4 After hollowing the steam and the bowl, a further finish is applied. 5 The craftsman brings to light the most concealed and precious qualities of the briar. 6 The mouthpiece is curved with great care and sensivity. 7 The selected pipes, without any defect, are carefully hand-tinted.
8 The characteristic brilliance is added to Mastro de Paja pipes by a final polishing operation.
PIPE CLASSIFICATION All Maestro de Paja pipe illustrated in the catalogue are classified by finish in groups. Each model can made in the following finished: RUSTICATED GROUP ---OB ---OB UNICA
- Completely Rusticated - Rusticated with some smooth section SANDBLASTER GROUP
---1B - Dark Brown or Black Sandblasted ---1B - Light Brown Sand Blasted HALF RUSTICATED GROUP
---2D - Smooth with some small section rusticated ---2D - Straight Grain Smooth with some Small Section Rusticated ---2D UNICA -Unique model with some Section Rusticated
COLORED SMOOTH GROUP --- RUBER - Red Stain --- CASTANEA - Brown Stain ---3A - Brown Orange Stain ---3A - Good Grain, Brown Orange Stain ---3A - Straight Grain, Brown Orange Stain
NATURAL SMOOTH GROUP ---3B
- Good grain, Natural finish
---3B - Excellent grain, Natural finish ---3B - Perfect grain, Natural finish ---3C - Good grain ---3C - Excellent grain ---3C - Perfect grain ---F - Good Straight Grain ---F - Excellent Straight Grain ---F - Perfect Straight Grain UNICA - Unique Model with Straight Grain
Sometimes Mastro de Paja pipes are enhanced with sterling silver, gold, precius stone and/or fine wood and are futher classified: "P" "N" "L" "S" "G" - Personal, with Fine Wood ornamentation - Normal, with basic Sterling Silver - Lavorata, with more complex Sterling Silver - Special, with elaborate Sterling Silver specially worked - Gold, with special gold ornamentation Every Maestro de Paja pipe is stamped with the group classification and the level of ornamentation. For Example: 3A L, OB N, Unica S pad aboutmastro