English Estates: Ashton Pebble Grain Bent Billiard (XXX) (2000) Tobacco Pipe

Eager to become part of the pipe-making process, Bill Ashton-Taylor started working as an apprentice at Dunhill in 1959 when he was only 15 years old. With a burning passion and a high standard for quality pipe making, he would go on to found the Ashton workshop, whose legacy has been carried on by Jimmy Craig since Bill's passing in 2009. This bent Billiard from Ashton is a hefty take on the classic shape. This hearty pipe features thick walls and muscular shaping, with plenty of chamber for long, cool smokes. Equipped with a bent stem of tapered acrylic, this pipe is comfortable in the hand, as well as the jaw. Dressed in Ashton's Pebble Grain sandblast, the stummel displays fine-textured grain that will delight the eyes and fingers.