Castello: 'Castello' Bent Egg (KK) Tobacco Pipe

Italian workshop Castello has a rich history that stretches back to 1947 with its founding by Carlo Scotti, being established as one of the first Italian brands to offer high-quality handmade pipes to the general public. In the 1960s, following the addition of Luigi Radice and Peppino Ascorti to their team of carvers, Castello's pipes began to take on a form that was quite different from the Anglo-French classics that they and others had been producing. The Italian neoclassical style which they had begun to develop led not only to a shaping renaissance within Italy but the production of a number of now-iconic profiles. Corresponding to their older number "93" shape, this pipe features a steeply bent stem military mounted to a dome of acrylic at the shank end, allowing for easy disassembly and cleaning. The shank tapers swiftly out of a tight transition, its underside lending the heel a plunging pointedness that lifts swiftly and bows outward at the fore to give the bowl a hearty bulbousness in the hand, the transition allowing for easy thumb draping. Incredibly lightweight, this piece will make for an excellent jaw hanger, and the stummel's dressed in a craggy partial rustication, where the shank is rich with texture and the bowl showcases streaks of flame grain.