Sandblasted Bent Billiard Tobacco Pipe

When it comes to size consideration, Claudio's briars wouldn't be considered the largest to come out of Italy (I'm pretty sure that we might have to give that award to Ardor) but he does typically create what most Americans would consider to be a generous pipe. Here we have a lovely bit of Pesaro inspired, shape chart perfection that would fall roughly into a Dunhill 5 league, a place that I consider something of a rocking chair that isn't so large that it makes those who enjoy medium sized pipes feel a bit out of their zone, but not so small that they make large men (such as myself) look like the one leprechaun in the Village whom every other inhabitant suspects had a human "somewhere in the woodpile". Wrapped in a world class sandblasted grain and crowned with a smooth rim that sports an impeccable birdseye, yet again Claudio has created a pipe exterior that matches legendary Cavicchi smoking quality.

--Bear Graves