Claudio Cavicchi: Brown Sandblasted Tomato Tobacco Pipe
Product Number: 002-400-3666
Claudio Cavicchi is truly a master of his craft, and his ability to coax the best possible grain out of every piece of briar will always astound me. His over 50 years of experience ensures that his pipes are not only beautiful, but expertly shaped and precisely drilled. This Tomato is a striking piece from the Italian artisan, one that immediately reminds me of certain distinctly American interpretations of the shape, complete with an Author-like character that elevates its charming air. The bowl here is less expressly rounded than most other Tomatos, though it does maintain a good bit of curvature around the walls. The waist is set low and near the middle, and it marks the start of a very slight taper to the rim, where the more swiftly diminishing aft wall grants the silhouette a dynamic forward urge. A firm heel supports these walls' rotundity, while a wide transition out back gives way to a gently lifting shank and a demurely curved saddle stem of black acrylic. The stummel here has been dressed in one of Cavicchi's excellent sandblasts and stained a rich auburn, Claudio's talent for shaping to the grain showcased in the rippling growth rings that cascade down the bowl.
-John McElheny







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Measurements & Other Details
- Length: 5.33 in./135.38 mm.
- Weight: 2.54 oz./72.12 g.
- Bowl Height: 1.76 in./44.70 mm.
- Chamber Depth: 1.47 in./37.34 mm.
- Chamber Diameter: 0.79 in./20.07 mm.
- Outside Diameter: 2.02 in./51.31 mm.
- Stem Material: Acrylic
- Filter: None
- Shape: Tomato
- Finish: Sandblast
- Material: Briar
- Country: Italy