The Molina Striato Smooth Light Brown (C853) is a tall, elegantly proportioned Italian-made briar pipe from Molina's Barasso workshop in Lombardy — one of Italy's longest-running pipe-making regions, with manufacturing methods inherited from the historic Rossi pipe factory that operated there from 1897 to 1985.
Molina sits on part of the old Rossi factory grounds in Barasso, the Lombardy district whose name refers to the water-powered mills (mulini) that once drove local industry. Molina inherited not only the premises but also the vintage machinery and traditional production methods used by Rossi — and today uses hand-selected briar from central and southern Italy to produce workhorse pipes with an excellent price-to-quality ratio. Offered here in the C853 model, dressed in the light brown smooth finish of the Striato series — the same tall silhouette as the sandblasted and dark brown C853 pipes, but with a warmer, honey-toned stain that lets the natural briar grain shine through.
- Length: 5.93 in.
- Weight: 1.66 oz.
- Bowl Height: 1.95 in.
- Chamber Depth: 1.74 in.
- Chamber Diameter: 0.81 in.
- Outside Diameter: 1.56 in.
Made in Italy.
