Silk Cut Billiard (2026) Tobacco Pipe

One of the most recognizable marques in Italy today, the Radice workshop was founded in 1980 when Luigi Radice decided to embark on a new pipe-making journey alongside his two sons, Gianluca and Marzio. Previously, Luigi made pipes for Castello, and before that, Caminetto. Under his new namesake brand, he offered high-quality pipes carved in the unmistakable Italian neoclassical style. He experimented with innovative new designs, new rusticating and carving styles, and oil curing. This Silk Cut Billiard showcases several of the aforementioned techniques, which are still used by the marque to this day.

Featuring a tall, almost Stack-like bowl paired to a long, sleekly tapering shank-and-stem arrangement, this is a rather lithe, elegant offering from Radice. The stummel wears a dark, smoky iteration of the marque's Silk Cut sandblast that, paired to the traditional jet-black stem, makes for a dark, sophisticated color palette.