Peterson Aran Smooth Nickel (221) Fishtail Pipe

While the bent Billiard is a classic shape, rendered by countless companies, Peterson's "221" iteration is readily recognized as the work of the Irish marque because of the added visual weight attributed to the shank and transition. Such extra heft stretches the heel and provides more palm-filling substance. It makes for an eye-catching, muscular form in profile yet remains well balanced thanks to the curled transition and bent stem out back.

One of Peterson's most traditional finishes, the Aran presents a color palette of chocolatey stain and jet-black stem. In the smooth iteration, it highlights the briar's natural grain pattern with handsome reservation — not distracting from the form's shape yet, at the same time, offering enough definition and detail to remain intriguing and individual, accented here with a flashy nickel band to add some formal panache and elegant appeal.

• Length: 4.94 in./125.48 mm.
• Weight: 1.60 oz./45.36 g.
• Bowl Height: 1.75 in./44.45 mm.
• Chamber Depth: 1.48 in./37.59 mm.
• Chamber Diameter: 0.76 in./19.30 mm.
• Outside Diameter: 1.43 in./36.32 mm.
• Stem Material: Vulcanite
• Filter: None
• Shape: Bent Billiard
• Finish: Smooth
• Material: Briar
• Country: Ireland