Italian Estates: Jacono Rook Bent Billiard (2021) (Unsmoked) Tobacco Pipe

Not as stout as many of Tonino Jacono's compositions, this bent Billiard offers a subtly lifting shank and graceful downward bend in its tapered, brindled acrylic mouthpiece. Tonino's grain is often impressive, and this Rook-graded piece offers no disappointment in that regard, with fine tendrils of flame rising up the bowl and circumventing the flanks while maintaining vertical orientation even along the shank. A lifting heel and slightly canted rim provide some implied forward momentum for this lightly stained and beautifully styled Billiard.