Black Sandblasted Prince 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 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."

This Prince from Cavicchi is fronted by a squat, round bowl, as is typical of the Prince, and features a dark sandblast that allows for flecks of ruby-stained briar to peek out from underneath and provides a rich, smooth touch. The shank is upturned gently into the junction with the black acrylic stem, which is tapered and bent to level out with the flat rim of the bowl. A traditional but handsomely imagined and executed rendition of the Prince shape, this is a piece that will satisfy any smoker looking for a pipe with a generously stout bowl.