Rind Billiard (2026) Tobacco Pipe

Luigi Radice worked in the prestigious Castello workshop before founding the Caminetto brand with Giuseppe "Peppino" Ascorti in the late 1960s. In 1980, Radice began producing his self-titled brand of pipes with his son, Gianluca, and father, Paolo. The brand pays heavy attention to the briar that goes into each pipe, seasoning it for three years before production.

This Billiard from Radice is finished with their craggy Rind rustication from just below the rim to just above the face of the shank, giving the stummel a great texture that is matched by the ruby red stain seen on the surface through the deeper reaches of the dark rustication. The bowl is straight-walled with minute tapering and backed by an arrow-straight shank that reaches back to meet a tapered stem of black acrylic. The lighter hue of the smoothly-finished rim of the bowl and its contrast with the darker red of the rest of the stummel give this piece a big boost of visual intrigue, as do the barely-there tapers of the shank and bowl.