Ser Jacopo: Rowlette Rusticated Bent Billiard (A) (Maxima) Tobacco Pipe

Founded by Giancarlo Guidi in 1982, Ser Jacopo boasts a successful 40-year history, enjoying a well-deserved reputation of being on the cutting edge of the Pesaro style of Italian pipe making. This "Maxima" bent Billiard maintains the workshop's aptitude for creating muscular designs, with the towering, robust bowl offering two inches of chamber depth amid thick, insulating walls. It's set to a lengthy, sinuous S-curve, the mouthpiece gently downturned for a comfortable smoking posture. Mostly distinctive to Italian pipe making, this Rowlette rusticated piece wears an eye-catching "dripping wax" finish that's chestnut stained, with a lightly stained band of smooth briar at the shank end contrasted by the darker mouthpiece.