Ashton: Ebony Rhodesian with Silver (X) Tobacco Pipe

Some of Ashton's other Group-1 sized Rhodesians present quite a slender and elegantly sinuous profile. This rendition, on the other hand, while remaining petite and compact, still displays a good deal of proportional muscularity and substance: The bowl is hearty in hand, with the shape's characteristic ridgeline wrapping just above the stout transition, and the dark stain of the Ebony sandblast is beautifully contrasted by a regal wedding band of sterling silver at the junction, making for a pocket pipe that's not short on formal elegance.