HS Studio Signature Bamboo Acorn Estate Briar Pipe, Unsmoked

Description

While China has long been associated with cheaper factory pipes, a new generation of artisans and workshops have emerged over the past decade, producing some genuinely excellent pipes. HS Studio is an example of the latter, being a Hong Kong workshop dedicated to crafting handmade briars, typically in shapes and styles reminiscent of the post-war artisan scene.

The acorn shape and the use of bamboo for shank extensions were not inventions of post-war Scandinavian pipe-making, but it is through post-war Scandinavian pipe-making that the two became such an iconic duet. Owing to Sixten Ivarsson, later Danish masters, and subsequently to artisans all over the globe, bamboo acorn shapes have reached the status of a modern classic. This bamboo acorn follows in that vein, though it is a far longer rendition than is typical, making it almost like an updated version of the old, demi-warden “reading pipes.” As with a previous HS Studio, this one also appears to be a “signature” grade piece, distinguishing it from other pipes from the workshop.

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

 

Details:

Length: 6.2″ / 157.4mm

Bowl Width: 0.76 / 19.30mm

Bowl Depth: 1.60″ / 40.64mm

Weight: 1.6oz / 46g