Italian Estates: Savinelli Autograph Smooth Bent Egg (6) (6mm) Tobacco Pipe

A gestural rendition, this Savinelli Autograph modifies the usual proportioning and curvature of the Egg shape with a flat rim that emphasizes the restrained recurve of the bowl prior to that termination as it rises from the softly contoured and rising heel. It maintains the forward cant of traditional interpretations and softens it with a generously smooth transition, and then contrasts it with the structural attitude of its diamond shank, its geometry continuing into the tapered stem with crisp ridgelines along the entire combination. The soft downturn of the stem counterbalances the arc of the forward bowl and provides physical balance for easy hands-free smoking, and the honey-blonde stain achieves its primary purpose of accentuating this composition's fine, vertical grain.