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Molina pipes a name that evokes the history of Italian pipes

Molina handmade

With the hand made collection molina promises to satisfy the request of clients whose targets are exclusive objects.molina offers pipes with very fine finishes and the most sought materials without incurring excessive costs.Each piece is unique and realised exclusively from plaques of briar selected from the most famous Italian sawmills.

Molina pipes a name that evokes the history of Italian pipes

Molina pipes has it’s origins in Barasso in Lombardy. It was born from what was left of the once glorious Rossi pipes, an old trade name of an ancient and unquestionably famous international pipe company in the early 1900s.

Molina still lies in part on the antique Rossi factory,a percular but not a casual circumstance. it represents an excellent example of industrial archeology. its working environment is enriched with the modernised charm of the past.

Molina’s enheritance from Rossi pipes does not only consist of the factory but also of ancient machinery and methods of production, antique ”secretes”, antique recepts and production proceedures used over 100 years ago.

The name molina has even a longer history, it is upto today used to refer to a district where you could find mills powered by a rush of water.

Style and tradition

Molina has an astonishing knowledge of pipes, a true philosophy of style, very unique in its existance.

‘Antique secretes” meshed with the meticulous care used during the fabrication , the meticulous research of new production methods,which use innovative informatic tecnologies,and the great creativity lead to the realisation of masterpieces for smoking and for collection. Molina pipes are Glamorous pieces and are defined by illustrious experts as true ‘cult’ in the pipe industry. Although La Molina is based on the past, it is well projected towards the future engaging itself in serious research and innovations, hence we can say it has a never ending history. It has continuously modified and transformed itself,producing unique pieces which are well known on the world market. Pieces well known for their high quality – typical of all made in Italy products. Thus the La pipa Molina continues to live with its magical power which has resisted the frenetic races of our days.it has continued to produce objects of daily use and pieces of perfect art which are not so easy to differentiate.

Production

The briar

The briar root is the outgrowth that forms between the root and the stem of the heather, a typical mediterrenean shrub.

The best quality is found in central and south Italy- the most privileged areas that supply the Molina.Briar is a very high temperature resistant material.it easily resists the high temperatures of combustion reached by tobacco during smoking.

Production

Molina still uses the skills of the famous artisan experts who fabricate the entire high quality pipes with their own hands from start to end. These are true and unque pieces for collection.it takes about 6 hours and 41 manual steps to realise each model.the highly selected quality briar combined with special drying methods of the woody essence allows the elimination of the irritating tannin giving molina pipes qualities that make smoking such a pleasure.

Molina is an industrial company with a production capacity of over 180,000 pipes a year.it has hundreds of different models.each model has its own finishes which satisfy different client needs.

In the Barasso factory there is a warehouse for the briars which are stored and selected with maximum attention before being worked upon. In this factory there is a sawmill where ebonite is processed for the mouthpiece.there are many other sheds where we transform,cut,clean and vanish our pipes.Of course here you will also find our valuable stock warehouse.

The research of new materials,colouration and vanishing methods means that at molina we are always active especially regarding production processes. This is because we want to offer new updated products,tastes and modern trends to our precious customers.