Talamona L'Artigiano Bent Author 116

• Overall Length: 126mm
• Overall Height: 69mm
• Bowl Height: 43mm
• Bowl Width: 43mm
• Bore: 18mm
• Filter: None
• Weight: 64g
• Pipe Bag Included

There's a fair bit of personality packed into this one.

The Talamona L'Artigiano 116 has the sort of generous, rounded bowl that makes an Author such a comfortable old companion. Broad through the middle, pleasantly squat and with a short, rising shank, it's a shape that looks entirely at home beside a well-thumbed book and a neglected cup of tea.

The black rusticated finish gives the briar a wonderfully rugged appearance. Look closely and you'll find the grain running through the textured surface, particularly around the underside of the bowl.

And then there's that stem. A glorious splash of translucent amber-orange against the black briar. Quite a cheerful bit of Italian flair, really. You'd have a job misplacing this one amongst a rack of ordinary black-stemmed pipes.

Talamona's roots stretch back to 1929, with a tradition of Italian pipe-making that has passed through several generations of craftsmen.

A splendidly characterful pipe, and one that proves a little colour never did anybody any harm.