Bennie Joe Smooth Wasp w/ Buddha Belly Bamboo 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.

While many of Bennie Joe’s designs follow in the footsteps of the Danish masters, this one pays homage to a shape and a pipe maker in that same lineage, but of a distinct national origin. Building on the “wasp,” or “wespe” shapes of German artisan Wolfgang Becker, Bennie Joe here presents a novel rendition whose signature widening shank has been swapped for thick, Buddha belly bamboo.

 

Details:

Length: 5.5″ / 139.7mm

Bowl Width: 0.87 / 22.09mm

Bowl Depth: 1.01″ / 25.65mm

Weight: 1.3oz / 38g