Brown Smooth Bent Dublin with Wenge 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 Dublin is a rather refined take on the classic shape, and it exhibits the lovely grain and finish work for which Cavicchi is known.

From above, the bowl takes on an oblong form, its flanks remaining close-knit despite their impressive thickness. In profile, however, the bowl takes on that classic Dublin flare, the fore especially swooping forward dramatically and offering a sturdy presence in hand. The shank is also quite dynamic, appearing quite broad when viewed from above, yet trim and crisply chamfered in profile, all while flaring out to meet the deep amber-hued acrylic stem. A wenge band punctuates the shank face, its grain and coloring adding further intrigue to the Brown Smooth finish that dresses the remainder of the stummel.