Bruno Nuttens Grade A Smooth Billiard 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 shorter, stouter billiard in the vein of the very French Maigret, is an example of the latter. It showcases beautiful flame grain, while at the same time being compact (though not lacking in chamber capacity) for pocketing and traveling, and perhaps just lightweight enough to clench comfortably—looking extremely classy all the while.

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

 

Details:

Length: 5″ / 127.0mm

Bowl Width: 0.75 / 19.05mm

Bowl Depth: 1.53″ / 38.86mm

Weight: 1.4oz / 40g