Mauro Armellini tobacco pipes

(Pipes and Tobaccos) Mauro Armellini started making pipes in the early 1960s, working at the Italian pipe factory Rossi. After the Rossi factory closed, Armellini moved to Savinelli, where he worked for several years until he started his own line of pipes, and with help from his four daughters, particularly Wilma, who learned all phases of pipemaking, Armellini pipes earned a worldwide reputation for excellence. Continued

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