{"id":7011,"date":"2022-03-02T15:51:06","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T15:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sauropipe.com\/new\/?page_id=7011"},"modified":"2022-03-12T13:43:57","modified_gmt":"2022-03-12T13:43:57","slug":"grading-logo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sauropipe.com\/en\/grading-logo\/","title":{"rendered":"Grading e Logo"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"7011\" class=\"elementor elementor-7011\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3ae75627 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3ae75627\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2e74d35e\" data-id=\"2e74d35e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-408abcbe elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"408abcbe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.8.1 - 13-11-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%203%202%27%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" class=\"attachment-full size-full gt-lazy-load\" alt=\"\" loading=\"eager\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sauropipe.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/03\/B0013417web-2.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sauropipe.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/03\/B0013417web-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.sauropipe.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/03\/B0013417web-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sauropipe.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/03\/B0013417web-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sauropipe.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/03\/B0013417web-2-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.sauropipe.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/03\/B0013417web-2-415x311.jpg 415w, https:\/\/www.sauropipe.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/03\/B0013417web-2-650x488.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.sauropipe.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/03\/B0013417web-2-250x188.jpg 250w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-66ba800f\" data-id=\"66ba800f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fcb3be2 elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1fcb3be2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.8.1 - 13-11-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>It was the plain truth; I had never felt this need. The question, however, obliged me to give some sense to my feeling, mostly because who had asked me that question, dwelt on the importance of\u00a0<em>grading<\/em>\u00a0as a distinguishing feature and professional prestige.<\/p><p>Why wasn\u2019t it like this for me? Does a buyer really look at the\u00a0<em>grading<\/em>\u00a0assigned to a pipe, before deciding how much it is worth?<\/p><p>I told myself that this could be correct for mass-produced pipes, but it was senseless for the unique pieces produced by a pipemaker. A buying collector has already in his mind all the necessary data to evaluate a pipe: briar quality, kind of shape (classical or free hand), possible rustication or sandblast, hours needed to realize that piece, materials quality (possible extensions, such as ebonite, shape of the lip), cleanness of the lines, general harmony. More or less asterisks won\u2019t definitely affect his evaluation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2da4c88a elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2da4c88a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6377f5b3\" data-id=\"6377f5b3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ef1963d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7ef1963d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.8.1 - 13-11-2022 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">I think that the best form of grading is the value set by the pipemaker.\nMoral: I don\u2019t use grading and I don\u2019t regret it.\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-79ecab7f elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"79ecab7f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4b3b66e6\" data-id=\"4b3b66e6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57484081 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"57484081\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"700\" height=\"525\" src=\"\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%203%202%27%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" class=\"attachment-full size-full gt-lazy-load\" alt=\"\" loading=\"eager\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sauropipe.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/03\/Pipa-31-down.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sauropipe.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/03\/Pipa-31-down.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.sauropipe.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/03\/Pipa-31-down-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sauropipe.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/03\/Pipa-31-down-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.sauropipe.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/03\/Pipa-31-down-415x311.jpg 415w, https:\/\/www.sauropipe.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/03\/Pipa-31-down-650x488.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.sauropipe.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/03\/Pipa-31-down-250x188.jpg 250w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7704f34e\" data-id=\"7704f34e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e889d93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5e889d93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As for the logo, I have chosen time ago a wave with my name beneath (who wishes to know more, can read my article about it), or just the wave.<\/p><p>Well, as in nature the wave is never the same, I had it first freehand engraved on my pipes, using a pyro-graph. It was the theoretically sought effect, but my scarce drawing ability often produced a questionable result. So, grudgingly, I have started using a hand pantograph, an old gravograph I bought from a jeweller, maybe converted to the more modern laser.<\/p><p>Therefore, you can find variations of the logo on my pipes, but it is not important to me, what really matters is the pipe.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was the plain truth; I had never felt this need. 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