Italian Estates: Radice Clear Bent Billiard (Magnum) (2015) Tobacco Pipe

This Magnum bent Billiard from Radice is a bold, neoclassical rendition of the classic shape. Topped with a rim of craggy plateau, the bowl here stands atop a wide, rounded heel and grows thick, insulating walls that surround a chamber over two inches deep, ensuring plenty of long, leisurely smoking sessions. The shank-and-stem arrangement curls away from the bowl's base and strikes a gestural S-curve that encourages a comfortable smoking posture and keeps the pipe's profile quite fluid. Dressed in the honey-blonde Clear finish, the stummel showcases some fine licks of flame grain about the bowl's flanks.