Nørding: Hunting Pipe Smooth Elephant (2015) Tobacco Pipe

Inspired by the regal African elephant, Nording's 2015 Hunting Pipe takes the form of a beautifully sweeping and sinuous bent Dublin, with a light, lifting gesture to the heel and an almost trunk-like litheness to the shank and stem. Though "hunting" and "elephant" generally aren't two words associated in a positive manner, this particular Hunting Pipe edition is actually dedicated to the animal's gamekeepers, whose primary responsibility is protecting the general population from poaching and other threats.