Ardor: Meteora Fantasy Bent Dublin Tobacco Pipe

Product Number: 002-004-3633

Though the Ardor pipes workshop was founded in 1974 by father-son team Angelo and Dorelio Rovera, the pipe-making history of the family stretches back to 1911, with the founding of Sociedade Rovera in Varese, Italy. It was here that Angelo began to carve pipes alongside his father and uncles, starting at the age of 13 in 1958, Ardor's debut into the pipe world marked by a high standard of craftsmanship that's remained consistent for nearly five decades. Though Angelo passed away in 1999, Ardor is now run by Dorelio, alongside both Damiano and Dimitri, the next generation of Roveras. Ardor's pipes are often typified by their strikingly neoclassical proportions, with each piece offering greatly enhanced substance about the bowl and a reassuring presence in hand. Part of Ardor's Fantasy line, the junction of this bent Dublin is emblematic of the series' unique character, with the shank flaring gently to meet a band of vibrant, multicolored acrylic paired to a matching stem with a silver-wrapped base. This take on the bent Dublin is immediately evocative of the Pickaxe, with a pronounced heel that curls rearward as it supports thick, flaring walls that cant forward dynamically. The transition is tight, and it gives way to a lifting, flaring shank that expands to meet the unique junction arrangement of the Fantasy line, with the black acrylic saddle stem poising this pipe for comfortable smoking. The stummel wears Ardor's Meteora finish, named after a rock formation in Greece upon which one of the largest complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries is built. Owing to its namesake, this finish boasts a wealth of textural variety as it dresses the surface with a rugged rustication set beneath a latticed arrangement of smooth, carved channels, granting an architectural quality.

-John McElheny

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Measurements & Other Details

  • Length: 6.62 in./168.15 mm.
  • Weight: 3.25 oz./92.08 g.
  • Bowl Height: 2.24 in./56.90 mm.
  • Chamber Depth: 1.98 in./50.29 mm.
  • Chamber Diameter: 0.88 in./22.35 mm.
  • Outside Diameter: 1.88 in./47.75 mm.
  • Stem Material: Acrylic
  • Filter: None
  • Shape: Bent Dublin
  • Finish: Carved
  • Material: Briar
  • Country: Italy
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