Savinelli: Cocktail (504) (6mm) Tobacco Pipe

Traditional English shaping fuses with Italian style and design cues in Savinelli's "504" Bulldog. The bowl and heel garner much attention, as expected with Italian neoclassic design, with the bowl rising tall above the beefy shank. The waistline is less portly, though, maintaining a trim, regal profile with mid-set beadlines and graceful tapering above and below. Crisp ridgelines define the shank and stem combination and meet the bowl with affable cheeking in this traditional composition.

Savinelli takes great pride in their sandblasted finishes, making sure to only use stummels that will blast well and with definition. Because of this select-quality, most of the Italian marque's sandblasted pieces appear primarily in higher-tiered series, such as the Punto Oro and Giubileo d'Oro lines. The Cocktail, however, offers beautifully blasted grain at a price point more comparable to Savinelli's standard fare — pairing a glossy, ebony sandblast with vivid mouthpieces of either dandelion yellow, amber red, or horn-patterned acrylic. The traditional finish highlights the Italian marque's classic roots, while the bright accenting colors of the stems add a playful, modern touch — serving a tasteful mélange of styles all in one composition.