Italian Estates: Radice Clear Bent Billiard with Faux Bamboo (G) Tobacco Pipe

This whimsical bent Billiard from the Radices displays a tall, stout bowl with a firm heel and generous chamber capacity. It's paired to a high-kicking shank-and-stem arrangement in which the briar shank has been carved to resemble two knuckles of bamboo and the jet-black mouthpiece is downturned a bit to promote comfortable clenching. Adding further organicism to this piece, part of the "bamboo's knuckle" has been extended at the top of the shank, pushing slightly into the stem material for a unified look. A "G" stamped piece, this pipe reaches over six inches in length and boasts a bowl of over two and a half inches tall, making for a pipe that's impossible to miss and with plenty of commanding presence in hand. Dressed in the warm auburn stain of the Clear finish, this pipe displays a wealth of birdseye on either flank of the bowl, with cross grain through the midsection.