Karim Smooth Calabash Handmade Briar Pipe, New [SOLD OUT]

Description

Karim Pipes are made by Abdul Karim, an artisan pipe-maker based in Tangerang, Indonesia. A pipe-maker since 2016, Karim is part of an emerging 21^st century movement of Indonesian artisan carvers, including Wandi Riyadi, Deden Hendan Durahman of Caxra Pipes, Karim’s mentor, Edy Bima, and Karim’s mentee, Bennie Joe, whose pipes MBSD has also sold. Karim carves most of his pipes freehand, and is often inspired by wildlife, leading to the creation of figural and organically styled designs. Karim also produces more traditional shapes with distinct inflections of his own choosing, such as his popular calabash pipes.

This is one of Karim’s popular calabash series pipes. I happen to know from experience just how popular they are, because I added one to the MBSD website last night, and by this morning it had already been sold and prepared to ship by the MBSD elves. This one’s a little different to the previous one, though, as it has the distinction of being a reverse calabash calabash. In other words, it’s a true calabash pipe with a removable bowl – though one made from briar and ebonite rather than gourd and horn – with a stem that’s been drilled specifically to condense and cool the smoke that passes through it. The pipe has furthermore been decorated with a teak wood rim (the chamber itself is briar) and two acrylic rings. It’s a daring design, almost art deco in fact, but it works very well indeed.

 

Details:

Length: 4.8″

Bowl Width: 20.2mm

Bowl Depth: 1.2″

Weight: 2.3oz / 68g