Sabbiato Paneled Bent Apple Tobacco Pipe

Ser Jacopo's story began in 1982 when Giancarlo Guidi and Bruto Sordini left Mastro de Paja to start their own firm. In true Italian style, the company's pipes offer finely crafted variations on traditional British and French shapes. With their Mastro Geppetto pipes (named for the man who carved Pinocchio), Ser Jacopo provides the same curious approach, neoclassical shapes, and variant finishes of its other pipes at a lower price point.

This bent Apple from Mastro Geppetto is paneled but manages to maintain a soft, fluid continuity with the sandblast that adorns the gently tapered bowl. The sandblast draws out plenty of growth rings for the fingertips to appreciate with each smoke and pairs well with the dark walnut stain, which climbs up the brief, muscular shank to include a slender ring of smooth briar at the junction. The shank is a tapered length of black acrylic that bends generously back to the bit.