Croci Templar Collection VII GSO Silver

Pipa Croci pipes are created by Paolo & Gianni Croci from Mantova, Lombardia. The company was founded in 1983 and on each pipe you will find the nomenclature reads "dal 1983". Each and every pipe is hand crafted from aged Italian Plateau Briar. This is a company that makes no two pipes alike and they truly create some masterpieces. In their own words:
"The Pipa Croci is an artisan enterprise. The pipes which are born from our hands are all differnt from each other. This means that the owner of a Croci pipe possesses something totally unique.

Siro Taioli is sometimes mentioned as a pipemaker or - at least - a pipedesigner. In fact, Taioli was the Spanish distributor of Pipa Croci pipes made by Paolo & Gianni Croci, Mantova in ItaLy. And so, he has private label pipes stamped with his name. 

His probably most spectacular project was a line of nine pipes dedicated to Hughes de Payns, Geoffroi de Saint-Omer, Andre de Monbard, Gondemare, Geoffroi Bisol, Godefroy, Roral, Payen de Montdesir and Archambaud de Saint-Agnan - the founders of "The Order of the Poor Knights of the Temple of Jerusalem" or simply Templar Knights.

The Templar pipes rest in a precious wooden casket clad with velvet. At the shank's end is a ring of silver or gold, on which the cross of the Templar knights is mounted in red gold. To every pipe, there is a certificate.