Claudio Cavicchi: Brown Smooth Bent Apple Tobacco Pipe

Italian artisan Claudio Cavicchi boasts over 50 years of pipe making experience and possesses an uncanny talent for bringing out the very best from a block of briar. His portfolio is full of evocative interpretations of classic shapes, and he is known by many artisans to have some of the best grain in the world, with even his non-graded pipes rivaling the top-tier pieces of other workshops. This bent Apple is an excellent example of the artisan's distinct shaping style.

Like the shape-chart standard, this offering is pert, perky, and plump, but rendered in bold, Italian neoclassic proportions. The full, round heel and fore of the bowl fill the palm nicely as the rim tilts up ever so slightly. Behind the bowl, the transition is wide and gracefully curved, giving the illusion of the bowl effortlessly melting into the shank. Said shank is met by an elegantly-bent, tapered stem of acrylic. This offering wears Cavicchi's Brown Smooth finish, whose hue emphasizes the briar's gorgeous grain patterns and whose sheen emphasizes the pipe's plump curves.