MarTelo Pipes 6 new
Gustavo Cunha, maker of Martelo pipes, is a nature and wood lover since he was a child. Born in Diamantina-1987, an old colonial village in the Minas Gerais State of Brazil, he had access to traditional wood turners that guided him to study & graduate in design. After he worked in a Brazilian modernist furniture design office. There he made some sketches & then some briars for friends. All freehands of classic shapes.
After visiting Tom Eltang (Denmark) in October 2013 he began to think pipe making was his calling. One month later set up his own workshop, becoming a full-time pipemaker.
Recently he spent some time with Chris Asteriou and Konstantinos Anastasopoulos (Greece) honing his craft, and admits he was greatly influenced by the young Greek's work.
Gustavo Cunha uses only super dry Greek (Makis Minetos) and Italian (Mimmo Romeo) briar blocks. Most of his stems are hand cut vulcanite.
Martelo Hexagon Billiard # 1071 *New*
A Hexagon Billiard in Gustavo's renowned deep ring grain sandblast with Ivorite adornment. A classic British shape that Gustavo refines by having ...
View full detailsMartelo Jatobá # 1070 *New*
Gustavo's unique Jatobá. I do not recall when Gustavo introduced this shape. It was after 2017. Any pipe maker that expands the pipe vocabulary, ...
View full detailsMartelo Apple # 1068 *New*
This small Apple shows why Gustavo is known as a great blaster - his knack to bring out the best the wood can give. This is gnarly with some ring g...
View full detailsMartelo Sandblast Canadian # 1069 *New*
This is very much an homage to the classic Canadian with a long shank length at 8" (202 mm). The shape demands a full sized bowl, this is that plus...
View full detailsMarTelo "Swan" # 1067 *New*
Gustavo Cunha's version of the classic - Dunhill pre WWII 'Swan". It was original introduced by Dunhill in the 1920's (stamped LC or 120LC). Th...
View full detailsMartelo Billiard # 1060
A superb Billiard shows why Gustavo is known as a great blaster - his knack to bring out the best the wood has to give. This pipe's ring grain is o...
View full detailsMartelo Bent Bulldog # 1062
Gustavo's deep gnarly grain sandblast Rhodesian with an ivorite Horn shank adornment. His synthesis of a calabash style bent and a diamond shank ma...
View full detailsMartelo Sandblast Canadian # 1055
This is very much an homage to the classic Canadian with a long shank length at 7" (180 mm) that the shape almost demands with full sized bowl. Gus...
View full detailsMartelo Stack Billiard # 1057
An absolutely superb Bing in Gustavo's deep ring grain sandblast with a Bone Grey Vulcanite stem. This pipe has an elegance and delicacy with the c...
View full detailsMartelo Sandblast bent Billiard # 1058
Gustavo' Oom Paul is a seriously gnarly sandblast with great character. The pipe while not large has presence and speaks volumes of how a meticulou...
View full detailsMartelo Jatobá # 1063
Gustavo's unique Jatobá. I do not recall when Gustavo introduced this unique shape. It was after 2017. Any pipe maker that can expand the pipe vo...
View full detailsMartelo # 1052
A superb Rhodesian in Gustavo's deep ring grain sandblast with Horn ring adornment. This piece is really a cross squat bent Bulldog - Rhodesian whi...
View full detailsMartelo # 1053
An absolutely superb Bing in Gustavo's deep ring grain sandblast with a Bone Grey Vulcanite stem. This pipe has an elegance and delicacy with the c...
View full detailsMartelo Smooth Lovat # 1056
A wonderfully grained perfectly proportioned Lovat. He knows what a shape should be. Often a Lovat has parallel sides that doesn't differentiate it...
View full detailsMartelo Long Prince # 1061
Gustavo's tribute to the long gone Comoy's Blue Riband pipes. A Prince, back when, it was named that because the Duke of Windsor favored them in 19...
View full detailsMarTelo "Swan" # 1059
Gustavo Cunha's version of the classic - Dunhill pre WWII 'Swan". It was original introduced by Dunhill in the 1920's (stamped LC or 120LC). ...
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