Bennie Joe Rusticated Nosewarmer Stack Handmade Briar Pipe, New

Description

Bennie Joe Pipes are made by Bennie Joe, an Indonesian artisan based in Jakarta. A trained architect and part-time pipe-maker for much of his life, he took on the latter full-time after a downturn in the property market during the dark days of 2020 and after. An interesting aspect of Bennie Joe pipes is that they are made primarily with hand tools, rather than many of the woodworking machines pipe-makers employ. While the chambers and draft holes are drilled, the body of the pipe is formed using hand tools, creating genuinely freehand shapes reminiscent of those made in mid-century Denmark. It should come as no surprise that one of Bennie Joe’s heroes is the late, great, Bo Nordh.

When Bennie Joe told me he was going to be making some more “traditional” pipes, I was a little disappointed at first. He’s put out some really creative freehand work over the years, so I wasn’t sure what I would make of his more classically-inclined output. When the pipes arrived, I saw that I’d had no reason to be worried. This one is a fantastically playful nosewarmer stack, with a deep, stony rustication, a contrast stain, and a hand cut ebonite stem. It should be a perfect pocket pipe and even a comfortable clencher, while having a chamber deep enough for longer smokes.

 

Details:

Length: 4.3″ / 109.2mm

Bowl Width: 0.72 / 18.28mm

Bowl Depth: 1.83″ / 46.48mm

Weight: 1.3oz / 38g