Meteora Bent Billiard (2026) Tobacco Pipe

Dating back to 1911, the Ardor marque is a long-lasting family business that was re-established in 1974 by the father-son duo Angelo and Dorelio Rovero. After Angelo's passing in 1999, Dorelio took over the business alongside Damiano and Dimitri, the next generation of Rovera craftsmen. Ardor pipes are marked by their neoclassical style, with stylized stems and flourishing finishes. This bent Billiard from Ardor offers a striking presence in hand and is poised for comfortable smoking, thanks to its deeply bent shank-and-stem arrangement. At the fore, the bowl houses a two-inch deep tobacco chamber, which is sure to offer plenty of long, leisurely smoking sessions. The bowl is formed by walls that taper dramatically from a full heel to a flat rim, and a high-kicking shank reaches out from the bowl, joining a smartly bent acrylic stem. The stummel wears the Ardor's iconic Meteora finish, named after a rock formation in Greece where one of the largest Eastern Orthodox monasteries was built. This finish boasts a wealth of textural variety and sees the surface of this piece dressed in a rugged rustication set beneath a latticed arrangement of carved channels.