HS Studio Roadtown Sandblasted Bamboo Apple Estate Briar Pipe, Unsmoked

Description

While for many years China has been associated with factories pumping out cheap rosewood pipes, HS Studio is different because, as far as my understanding goes, the pipes are mostly made freehand by artisan carvers, kinda like the great Danish ones of old, or Savinelli’s Autograph division. If you’ve been keeping up with the world of Chinese pipes, artisan pipe-making has really been taking off over the last decade, with examples of major workshops being Zhiputang and GH Zhang, overseen by Guo Hui Zhang. Hong Kong’s HS Studio follows a similar model, with Road Town being the make used by the workshop for their more traditional pipe designs.

This pipe, for example, is reminiscent of certain post-war briars, such Dunhill’s Whangee or Kaywoodie’s Mandarin. It is a modest, sandblasted apple, with a bamboo shank extension and an ebonite stem. Also like mid-century briars, it’s very lightweight, which should make it a perfect clencher.

This pipe is completely unsmoked, with an original bowl coating.

 

Details:

Length: 6″ / 152.4mm

Bowl Width: 0.71 / 18.03mm

Bowl Depth: 1.26″ / 32.00mm

Weight: 1.1oz / 32g