MBSD Meerschaum Masters by Kenan Magnum Pirate Block Meerschaum Pipe, New

Description

MBSD Meerschaum Masters is our line for special, typically figural, meerschaum pipes carved by some of today’s greatest living meerschaum carvers. For this pipe, we enlisted the services of Turkish master Kenan.

The closest classical art form to meerschaum carving is sculpture. In this instance, the closest analog in the sculptural arts as classically defined, is the bust. By this I mean depictions of the upper torso of human figures, rather than other body parts. For about as long as meerschaum pipes have been made, carvers have been sculpting them in human forms, typically famous figures of an era (such as nobility), or cultural archetypes (such as the sultan or the pirate). This pipe, from Eskişehir’s master Kenan, is close to the latter, though it takes further inspiration from a more modern mythical seafarer. Paying homage to Davy Jones and his contemporary renditions, the pipe has been intricately carved, right down to the suckers on his tentacular beard.

 

Details:

Length: 9.8″ / 248.9mm

Bowl Width: 0.87 / 22.09mm

Bowl Depth: 2.20″ / 55.88mm

Weight: 7.9oz / 226g