'Castello' Billiard (Kino Collection) (26.100) (2026) Tobacco Pipe

Carlo Scotti brought the Castello brand to life in the late 1940s, crafting his pipes in the same shadow of the Alps as the likes of Savinelli and the Rovera family. Scotti's workshop would eventually yield the independent workshops of Caminetto and Radice, both founded by former Castello artisans, but the Castello tradition continues today with the neoclassic designs that make northern Italy such an influential player in the industry of pipe making.

Castello's Kino collection — so dubbed for the nickname of Scotti successor Franco Coppo, who passed away in 2025 — numbers only 100 pieces, of which this Billiard is number 26. The bowl is very lightly tapered from just above the waist and canted gently forward. The grain is lovely: tight flame grain on the bowl, with birdseye on the aft and more flame grain decorating the sides of the shank, all of it allowed to shine by a smooth, glossy finish and a very dark walnut stain. A thick silver accent and a tapered black acrylic stem finish the piece out back. The unique line work and strong grain make this a great pipe, but it's the little things that Castello made sure to perfect — the high gloss of the finish and the fine stamping of the accent to name a couple — that make it truly extraordinary.