Rusticato Rhodesian with Bamboo 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 Rhodesian is rusticated above and below the single beadline and most of the way up the round, muscular shank, offering a lightly craggy touch to the fingertips and a dark contrast with the mahogany-hued stain. Behind the brief, upturned shank is a two-knuckle length of light bamboo that bridges the briar and the black acrylic saddle stem, which is composed of generous shoulders and a short, bent mouthpiece. At just over six inches, it's a work of generous proportion that also manages to be playful in its finishing and materials, offering a unique take on the shape-chart classic.