NeatPipes' AeroBilliard takes flight
Saturday, March 23, 2013 at 9:19AM | Neill Archer Roan | Permalink tagged AeroBilliard, Anthony Harris, Eltang, Luca DiPiazza, NeatPipes, Negoita, Revyagin, inverted calabash, reverse calabash | in Artisanal Pipes, Design, Marketplace, Pipes 
Last Wednesday, I received my AeroBilliard, the latest opus in a series of collaborations between NeatPipes’ Luca DiPiazza and Luigi Radice and sons.
Before I go one word further, I wish to emphatically state that my two-hours and three bowls of tobacco with this pipe left me absolutely amazed with its smoking quality. It is no overstatement, whatsoever, that I have never had a better first three bowls of tobacco from any pipe. The pipe delivered it all: smooth, concentrated flavor and a cool, dry smoke. In short, this pipe has forced me to reconsider many opinions I’ve held about what is and is not a great smoking pipe.
Sam ColwellI was so excited about the pipe’s smoking quality that I removed it from my mouth, cleaned the bit, and handed it to a good friend of mine, Sam Colwell, to taste. Sam was so astonished by the flavor (he was smoking the same blend in one of his favorite pipes), that he asked me to help him immediately buy one for himself.
A chubby billiard measuring 110 mm (4.35 inches) in length, and 50 mm (2 inches) in height, the stout little pipe weighs in at only 56 grams (2 ounces) – quite a feat given that the shank diameter is a full 25 mm (1 inch).
