J Mouton Sandblasted Tomato w/ River Granite Handmade Briar Pipe, New

Description

Born and raised in the small town of Gueydan, Louisana, Jay Mouton is an American artisan who works under the moniker of J. Mouton. Having crafted duck calls since he was a teenager, Mouton’s first forays into pipe-making began with carving tampers. Mouton’s unexpected successes with these handmade tampers allowed him to purchase the equipment necessary to create the pipes themselves. Studying the works of renowned American artisans such as J. Alan, Grant Batson, and Jared Coles, Mouton gradually developed his own pipe-making craft, which was furthered by his exchanges with Greek artisan Chris Asteriou.

While the last J. Mouton I listed showed affinities for the pipes of Denmark’s early post-war period—especially those of Sixten Ivarsson—this one has far more in common with later decades in the Scandinavian scene—and, this time, with especial reference to Sixten’s son Lars Ivarsson, and Lars’ daughter, Nanna Ivarsson. Its essential form is an unabashedly stout, squat tomato, with an under-traveling teardrop shank that brings both asymmetry and a sense of motion, or speed, to the design. Expertly sandblasted with a mid-century Tanshell-esque hue (not to mention depth), the pipe is capped by an accent cut from river granite that slots neatly between briar and black ebonite.

 

Details:

Length: 5.4″ / 137.1mm

Bowl Width: 0.81 / 20.57mm

Bowl Depth: 1.09″ / 27.68mm

Weight: 2.1oz / 62g