Urano "Barrell" with Bamboo Tobacco Pipe

Picking up this total charmer from the describing tray, I thought "I'll do some clever play on the fact that this looks far more like a barrel than a poker, maybe even something with an Italian angle to it." Then I saw the title. Guessing the likeness was intentional? There is a pretty, finer-than-capellini cross cut on the heel and the bamboo contributes tremendous amounts to what I normally tend to think of as a classic Euro shape.

--Bear Graves