Sandblasted Canadian (Two Clubs) Tobacco Pipe

Paolo certainly does show an affinity for pairing rather stout and thick walled bowls with dangerously, achingly thin, stretched shanks. And that's probably, at least I imagine, why he's been so fond of dreaming up these absolutely gorgeous and undoubtedly very neoclassical Canadian shapes most recently. I mean this is a big pipe with a most cavernous tobacco chamber, but it doesn't feel like a big pipe, per se (the thing is incredibly lightweight as well). I think that's why this piece is so successful as a form: because it teases expectations and distorts suppositions. Besides, it's good looking to boot. Just look at those sharp shank lines.

-- Ted Swearingen