Claudio Cavicchi: Smooth Bent Dublin with Olivewood (CCC) Tobacco Pipe

Languidly bent and possessed of an eagerly forward-canting bowl, this bent Dublin from Claudio Cavicchi features a dynamic disposition. From the sweeping heel, the bowl grows thick walls that flare broadly to a subtly undulating rim. A compact shank seamlessly transitions from the bowl, adorned with a handsomely grained stretch of olive wood as it meets a gently downturned tapered stem, the arrangement promoting a comfortable clenching posture. The olivewood's dark grain offers a handsome contrast to the stummel, whose light, honey-blonde stain highlights fine vertical grain across both flanks, with this piece here graded three C's out of five.