Caminetto: Sandblasted Bent Billiard (06) (AT) Tobacco Pipe

Though not exactly a compact pipe, this bent Billiard from Caminetto packs a great deal of substance into a concise package, combining elements of robust muscularity with lithe gracefulness. The shank here is paneled in a square orientation, slightly upturned, and flared to its face, where it is then married to a lithe stretch of tapered black acrylic that curves slightly for a more comfortable smoking posture. The transition is more than wide enough to accommodate a thumb, and its angle pushes the bowl out just a touch to lend it a more dynamic stance. Said bowl sits atop a sweeping heel and rises proudly to a flattened rim, its hearty walls providing a lovely canvas for the ruby-auburn sandblast to reveal stacks of tightly-knit growth rings across the bowl.