La Biota Smooth Dublin w/ Horn Handmade Briar Pipe, New

Description

A graduate of Italy’s prestigious Academia della Pipa, Michele Sottocasa has been making pipes for over a decade under the la Biota name. Prior to becoming a pipe-maker, Sottocasa trained and worked as a designer and art director, and la Biota pipes continue this drive towards a distinct aesthetic vision. The name, ‘la Biota,’ originally derives from ecology, and symbolizes the deep connection between humans and nature – a connection well represented by the hand-made tobacco pipe.

After having the pleasure of linking up with Michele again at this year’s Las Vegas International Pipe Show, and eventually managed to cajole him into letting me take some of the pipes he’d brought back for my customers. This one seemed like a new direction compared to the style of many la Biota pipes, but I could absolutely not resist it. It’s a compact—almost nosewarmer length—Dublin, with a little bit of a Danish streak to it. The flame grain on it is spectacular, and the bird’s-eye on its rim is tightly knit and only broken by a kiss of bare plateau. As is common for la Biota pipes, it includes a ferrule carved from Italian deer horn, as well as a hand cut cumberland stem.

 

Details:

Length: 4.6″ / 116.8mm

Bowl Width: 0.71 / 18.03mm

Bowl Depth: 1.13″ / 28.70mm

Weight: 1.6oz / 46g