Stunning Ardor Venere UNSMOKED 2001 Spigot Cutty Pipe of the Year Pipes & Tobacco Magazine Limited Release #143! Absolutely Beautiful!

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DIMENSIONS & PIPE INFO ⬇️
Length: 6.00”
Bowl Height: 2.15”
Bowl Width: 1.58”
Chamber Diameter: 0.85”
Chamber Depth: 1.65”
Weight: 1.71 ounces
Filter: None
Stem: Acrylic
Nomenclature: ROVERA DAMIANO, PIPES (large script), ARDOR, VENERE, ITALY, FATTA A MANO, 143
(Below stamped onto the silver)
PIPES AND TOBACCO 2001 (stamped on silver shank cap), .925 (in oval, stamped on silver shank cap and on silver stem)

Offered here is a limited edition, unsmoked and vintage Ardor Venere Cutty! This is the top end smooth finish and I only have the one. I do have a rustic version that’s quite beautiful as well currently listed if not gone yet. - P

Pipes and tobaccos magazine, affectionately known as P&T by many, was the longest-running pipe-focused periodical ever, its existence spanning more than two decades between 1996 and 2019. A massively influential publication whose success was unprecedented, Pipes and tobaccos was founded by Dayton Matlick and covered a variety of topics in the pipe sphere, including widely known artisans, small-scale carvers, and full-on factories. The scope of their coverage and consistently excellent photography led to success and acclaim, though Matlick often operated at a loss, making it a true passion project. Among its litany of services to the pipe world, Pipes and tobaccos also produced a long line of pipes of the year, collaborating with a variety of artisans and craftsmen to create unique and stylish smokers that include this Ardor Venere Silver Spigot Cutty from the 2001 edition and numbered 143. - SP website

Pipes and Tobacco Magazine was an institution in the pipe world only closing down do the the massive changes of print media due to the internet.
This is a great pipe for smoking and collecting on a few levels. Ardor is of course a top level Italian pipe brand and I can say based on regular hunting for them, they’re highly in demand and more competitive than many of their analogues.

Second is this is a limited release, special design made as their Pipe of the Year for 2001. Ardor only did a pipe of the year for Pipes and Tobacco Magazine one time, here in 2001.

Third, it’s always nice finding an unsmoked pipe with age to it. I believe briar continues to get better with age after cut just as it does before being shapes so this 25 years has to help.

This is the first Cutty I’ve had with a foot actually. I avoided some in the past thinking the foot was just aesthetic holdover from the clay pipe days it resembled. However, while taking the photos for this pipe, I was surprised how well it worked as a sitter for the pipe. It is quite stable for a small footprint. This past month, I decided to smoke one of the rustic versions of this pipe and it’s become a favorite of mine even as I still break it in.

This Ardor POTY is the top-end submission with the smooth finish and Venere stamp. The briar is very high grade and shows beautiful flame grain all around the bowl and running up and forward on the shank. The flat rim shows off gorgeous bird’s-eye grain and at the heel and base of the pipe. The honey blonde stain is an excellent color for contrasting the nice grain and against the silver and black stem. (All of the nomenclature is listed above with the dimensions if you missed it.)

This Cutty sports one of the nicest spigots I’ve seen in recent memory. The shank cap and stem wrapped in sterling silver and ends with a crown like design before transitioning to the deep black that comes to the thickest part mid-way before tapering to a comfortable bit. The Blue Ardor stem insert always looks great against the stem on their pipes, in my opinion.

As the pipe was stored for a quarter century, I carefully polished the silver and gently buffed the briar with extra fine White Diamond to help the original stain stand out again and shine. This also removed any dust accumulations and old wax. I then applied a couple coats of fresh carnauba wax with rest in between and hand buffed with a new microfiber cloth. The silver received a couple coats of Renaissance Museum Wax which gives an oxygen barrier as well to slow down any tarnishing and protect the silver. It takes time to do but worth it.

The pipe has been packed in a regular box and I affixed custom labels to it. This protects it better in shipping and should you store the pipe, it’s more organized this way and looks nice.

Thanks for reading all of this and if you have any questions, feel free to ask. - Peter



It’s stamped Pipes and Tobacco at the top in the font used by Pipes Magazine as well as what pipe number it is for the POTY release. This is a modernized rendition of the classic Cutty shape. These were designated Due Punti, which indicates a very high quality.
This POY series was said to increase and cement the reputation of Ardor’s work in the pipe making industry giving a lot of exposure to the company among pipe smokers.
The silver also has Pipes and Tobacco 2001 stamped into the band which was a very nice added touch. Ardor uses Sardinian briar, considered among the very best briar available today. I wasn’t able to find how many were made for this pipe of the year, but I have one from Vollmer & Nillson and some from Savinelli (different years) and the numbers were quite small from 50 and 75 pieces to a few hundred so I don’t imagine Ardor would have made too many of these.
These Pipes Magazine pipes of the year come as-is without a box or sock. It was the same for the other brands, even the $500 Vollmer Nillson one. I do package them very carefully and use smoking pipes boxes and socks that I’ve always saved to ship them in as well with labels I created.
Description from SP:
“Crafted for Pipes and tobaccos magazine by Ardor, this Cutty is a modernized rendition of the old-school shape. It retains all of the form's characteristic shaping cues, including a forward-ebbing bowl, a protruding heel spur, and a subtly bent shank-and-stem arrangement. The bowl's surging posture lends a subtle dynamism to the shape's silhouette, while the aforementioned heel spur enables the entire composition to sit sturdily without the aid of a stand.”

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