Bruno Nuttens AA Hand Made Pencil Shank Brandy Estate Briar Pipe, Unsmoked

Description

Starting out as a pipe restorer, Belgian artisan Bruno Nuttens moved onto producing his own pipes under the careful guidance of France’s most esteemed master pipe makers, Pierre Morel Jr. Nuttens’ first pipes creating relatively traditional pipes—often using carefully selected, decades-seasoned stummels from France’s historic Saint-Claude factories—but he would soon begin developing entirely handmade pipes in styles that seamlessly blended the old with the new. In the case of the latter, Nuttens was no doubt aided by time spent in the workshop of Danish legend Tom Eltang, where he further developed the skills and techniques behind his craft. Nuttens made such an impact in Denmark, in fact, that he’s been commissioned three times to develop the Stokkebye Pipe of the Year, a number rivaled only by Eltang himself. Today, Nuttens continues to craft high-grade pipes in a variety of styles, including his signature “Bing” and “Twiggy” shapes.

Bruno Nuttens’ pipes are divided into two main categories: there are the Heritage series pipes, which are fashioned from seasoned, pre-turned Saint-Claude stummels, which Nuttens finishes, cuts stems for, and occasionally adds a little ornamentation, such as silver; and there are the Hand Made pipes, which are, made entirely from scratch, both in the carving of the bowl from briar blocks, to the cutting of the stems from ebonite rods. This pipe is an example of the matter, but it brings with it some of Nuttens’ signature style, born out of his Bing renditions. Slightly English and slightly Danish, it might be called a “pencil shank brandy,” featuring a relatively tall, narrow, conical bowl (that should ideal for flake cuts) and a relatively narrow shank and stem. As with many of Nuttens’ designs, it is eminently lightweight and will be an easy clencher, and also shows off plenty of beautiful, bird’s-eye grain, for which it earned an “AA” grade.

This pipe is completely unsmoked, with an original bowl coating. It comes with its original sleeve.

 

Details:

Length: 5.5″ / 139.7mm

Bowl Width: 0.68 / 17.27mm

Bowl Depth: 1.69″ / 42.92mm

Weight: 1.1oz / 32g