Smooth Rhodesian (CCC) 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. Having received Cavicchi's CCC designation, this Rhodesian is quite the handsome offering. In true Italian fashion, the bowl dominates the composition, its thick walls and stolid stature drawing the eye straight to it. Behind the bowl, a low-set transition introduces a subtly flaring shank-and-stem arrangement. Said arrangement's low placement and subtle shaping allows the focus to remain on the bowl, which displays plenty of the lovely grain that earned this piece its three-C grade.