Smooth Bent Egg (Club) Tobacco Pipe

Before Musico was its own brand, Giorgio Musico opened a shop with renowned pipe makers Fritz and Paolo Becker in 1989. In 2002, the two families parted ways, and Giorgio's son, Massimo, established his own workshop. Rather unusually for an Italian pipe maker, Massimo's pipes tend to hew more closely to classic Anglo-French designs than Italian neoclassic ones. This bent Egg from Musico is a curvaceous rendition of the classic shape that deviates from the standard more than many other pipes from Massimo. Most strikingly, not only does the bowl cant dramatically forward with a strong taper into the rim, but toward the top of its walls, the bowl veers suddenly to the fore to make for a rather bendy shape. A touch of Danish-style shaping cues can be seen in the supple curve underscoring the pipe from its uplifted heel, through the shank, and into the slim bit of the smartly bent stem. A deep mahogany stain dresses the smooth-finished stummel, lending the piece a rich palette.