Jacono: Olivewood Bent Apple Tobacco Pipe

This bent Apple from Jacono is a stout, neoclassical piece that's centered around the robust bowl, its thick, voluptuous walls filling one's palm with heft. A wide transition out back gives way to a lifting, round shank that curls to meet a sleek, short, saddle stem of black acrylic: poising this pipe for comfortable smoking and lending the silhouette a fluid look. Additionally, the stummel is crafted from olivewood, an alternative material to briar that showcases a striking grain pattern defined by smoky, ink-on-paper bands draping over the bowl's walls.

In 1981, Tonino Jacono's father-in-law extended an offer to start a new pipe-making workshop, his father-in-law providing high-quality briar from his job at a briar-cutting mill, his brother shaping the pipes, and Tonino himself doing the finishing. The idea was developed further, and, two years later, the first Jacono pipes were made in 1983 from out of the family's small workshop in Jesi, Italy. Tonino's start at this new venture was guided by a simple principle: offer pipes of the highest possible quality at the best possible price. Tonino now heads the company and has taken on carving responsibilities himself, staying true to his original goal, though benefiting from more than three decades of pipe-making experience and a reputation for excellence.