Jared Coles Pipe, Partial Sandblasted Blowfish, Briar Smoking Pipe, Artisan Pipe [SOLD OUT]

Description

Jared Coles is a North American pipe-maker based in California. Coles is one of the undisputed masters of the contemporary American artisan scene, but that shouldn’t be surprising given the teachers he’s had. A pipe smoker since an early age, Coles discovered high-grade pipes while studying at college and took up pipe-making himself in 2008. Coles received precious instruction and advice on making his own high-grades from Jeff ‘J. Alan’ Gracik and Todd Johnson, with the Gracik continuing to provide guidance when Coles teamed up with his friend John Klose to found the collaborative J&J Pipes brand. J&J achieved significant success, but was dissolved in 2015, after which Coles and Klose continued to produce pipes under their own names.

Ah, the blowfish – you’d be hard-pressed to name a shape more Danish than that. Coles’ version here is excellent, and lives up to the storied tradition it here embodies. Coles has opted for a slightly different approach to usual when it comes to the sandblast/smooth combination on this one, opting to situate and sandblast the bird’s-eye briar patterns on the sides of the pipe, and to leave smooth the straight grain which crosses from one side of the bowl to the other. It’s magnificent, and actually gives off a somewhat more marine vibe as a consequence.

Another uncommon aspect of this blowfish is its weight, with this one being only 37 grams. That means it should clench quite nicely, which its ebonite stem will of course help with significantly.

 

Details:

Length: 5.5″

Bowl Width: 20.0mm

Bowl Depth: 1.5″

Weight: 1.3oz / 37g