Rind Bent 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 bent Billiard from Radice wears their Rind rustication, giving a craggy touch to the stummel and allowing the smoker to find plenty of flecks of ruby-colored briar amid the dark stain. The bowl is shaped by straight walls that are topped with a smooth rim ringed with birdseye. The stem is a lengthy piece of tapered black acrylic with a minute downward bend close to the bit. The color palette goes a long way in making this a handsome work of pipe making, and the fine rustication makes it all the more attractive to the fingers as well as the eyes.