Smooth Bent Billiard (CCCC) Tobacco Pipe

Claudio Cavicchi is not only a renowned pipe maker but also a renowned pipe smoker, having won the Committee International of Pipe Smokers Clubs' slow smoking world championship in 1993 by keeping three grams of tobacco lit for just over three hours and nine minutes. Cavicchi only took up pipe making full-time after a 30-year farming career, turning his first pipe when he decided to make his own Oom Paul rather than continuing to wait for delivery of one he had already ordered. Cavicchi pipes are known for their superior grain, with former Pipes and Tobaccos Magazine editor Chuck Stanion remarking that their titular maker "can read briar as though it were a printed page."

True to Chuck's estimation, this Cavicchi bent Billiard features extraordinary flame grain all the way around the bowl, the muscular walls of which are topped with equally lovely birdseye as a rich complement. The light, smooth finish allows each tendril of flame grain to breathe easy and gives the stummel an irresistible touch. The rim features subtle curves, a wonderful testament to Cavicchi's eye for detail. A lightly bent cream-and-gray acrylic stem finishes the pipe, a perfect addition to the collection of any fan of Cavicchi's work.