Triade Bent Billiard with Silver (3) (YYY) (Capo Verde) Tobacco Pipe

This bent Billiard from Rinaldo displays well two of the things I love about the Italian brothers: their bold, neoclassic design aesthetic and Guido's handsome silverwork. A robust piece, this charming pipe boasts a tall bowl with a capacious chamber, the bowl's sides dropping to a sweeping heel. The stummel wears a deep, traditional, Bruyere-esque stain over a smooth finish to showcase striations of flame grain and flecks of birdseye in the briar, and the end of the stout shank is crowned by an elegant silver mount with two engraved beadlines. A jet-black acrylic saddle stem turns downward to promise excellent jaw-hanging and boasts three expansion disks for extra visual intrigue.