Caminetto: Rusticated Stack (Moustache) (08) (AR) Tobacco Pipe

The Caminetto workshop was founded by Luigi Radice and Giuseppe Ascorti in the late 1960s, the pair establishing the brand after a lengthy tenure with Castello. Caminetto pipes quickly became a success, their unique design language cementing them as one of Italy's most respected makers. They've become especially renowned for their craggy rustications, with many of their pipes showcasing highly textural carving across their stummels. Caminetto is no stranger to crafting Stacks of a truly staggering height, with some of their renderings of the shape towering at over three and a half inches tall. This particular example is on the shorter end, though still reaches up to nearly three inches in height, and immediately calls to mind the meaning of Caminetto's name: It comes from the Italian word camino which means chimney, with the suffix of -etto denoting a diminutive version of the root word, thus, Caminetto = "little chimney." I certainly see a little chimney in this pipe, and I'm sure it will look even more like one while in use, as the smoke rising from the bowl emulates the embers of a fireplace. The massive bowl here sits atop a firm, rounded heel that dips down a bit before it reaches upward, its trajectory lending the fore wall a slight taper to the rim. A wide transition leads to a comparatively trim shank which starts a slow taper toward a slightly more swiftly tapering stem of black acrylic, the base of which is fitted with a pale accent ring. Dressing the stummel is a craggy, inky rustication that lends this pipe plenty of texture to appreciate while smoking.