JT Cooke Sandblast Billiard Estate Briar Pipe, American Estates [SOLD]

Description

J.T. Cooke is a Vermont-based American artisan carver with a number of impressive credentials under his belt. Cooke was originally based at Elliot Nachtwalter and Jeorg Jemelka’s The Briar Workshop, in a role which included making pipes for Wilke’s tobacconist in Philadelphia. After leaving the Workshop, Cooke collaborated with Barry Levin in establishing the estate pipes market as we know it, by restoring pipes for Levin’s outfit. During this time, Cooke would also begin to make pipes under his own name. Today, Cooke’s pipes are among the most sought after in the American artisan scene thanks to their distinct and often unparalleled shaping, engineering finishing.

America has many master artisans, but if you were to ask high-grade collectors whose name first came to mind when it comes to sandblasted American artisan pipes, a large number of them are going to say “J.T. Cooke.” And there’s good reason for this: Cooke’s sandblasts hark back to the distinctly intense, craggy sandblasts of early-20th century British pipes, such as the Family-era Barling’s Make, Patent-era Dunhill, and Reuben-era Charatan outputs. This one is no different. It is somewhat like a Dunhill LB in stature, being a thick, stout billiard, with blast rings so deep you could lose your keys in them (I joke, but they really are deep).

The condition on this one is great, too. Having come to us through our consignment program, the pipe has one or two handling marks around the bowl, but other than that I don’t see anything that would warrant noting.

 

Details:

Length: 5.5″ / 139.7mm

Bowl Width: 0.84 / 21.33mm

Bowl Depth: 1.55″ / 39.37mm

Weight: 2.0oz / 58g