Claudio Cavicchi: Smooth Bent Brandy with Spalted Beechwood (CCC) Tobacco Pipe

This bent Brandy from Claudio Cavicchi combines various hues and materials to create an elegant yet organic pipe that would diversify any collection. Up front, the walls of the bowl rise and taper from a broad heel to a flat rim to form the silhouette of the pipe's namesake. A broad transition gives way to a rounded shank that stretches toward an accent of beechwood at its base. A softly bent, tapered acrylic stem protrudes from the accent, its dark hue juxtaposing the stummel which is dressed in a vivid, honey-blonde stain and with some stunning, consistent straight grain around the bowl, earning a CCC-grade from Cavicchi.