Ser Jacopo: La Fuma Finché Tira Smooth Bent Dublin (9mm) Tobacco Pipe

Ser Jacopo was founded in 1982 by legendary pipe maker Giancarlo Guidi. The workshop cultivated their signature Pesaro style, which delights in dramatic flourishes and whimsical stylings, even more so than the already playful Italian tradition. Sadly, Guidi passed away in 2012, but Ser Jacopo carries on his legacy. Ser Jacopo's La Fuma, "The Smoke" in English, line of pipes is the first tier within their smooth-finished pieces, and presents a good value for the grain on display, made all the more tempting thanks to its inviting mahogany stain. This bent Dublin is a rather compact pipe thanks to its tight-knit overall shaping, and it comes in at just over four and a half inches long overall, still embodying a respectable amount of heft for the hand to appreciate. A tall, flaring bowl expands out of a rounded heel and cants forward dynamically as the wide transition gives way to a thick, tapering shank. Said shank lifts to meet a smartly curved stem of similarly tapering black acrylic, offering a comfortable smoking posture that does well to balance the weight of the piece, its stummel's warm stain revealing handsome grain.