Pipe Tristan Bent Brandy Handmade Briar Pipe, New

Description

Pipe Tristan is the name used by French artisan Tristan Lefebvre. Lefebvre is part of a new wave of up-and-coming hand made pipe carvers from the birthplace of briar, following in the footsteps of figures such as Alain Albuisson, Paul Lanier, and Pierre Morel Sr and Jr. Lefebvre credits a wide range of influences upon his pipe-making, such as modern greats from Italy and Denmark, such as Carlo Scotti’s Castello and Tom Eltang, as well as more unique sources of inspiration, such as the centuries-old hunting pipes native to Germany’s southern Bavarian region. As such, Tristan is equally at home crafting his own spin on the ’55,’ the hawbill, or the Danish Dublin as he is reviving the Ulmer Kloben – when he isn’t inventing his own shapes, that is.

There are muscular shapes and there are muscular shapes. The ’55’ is an example of the latter, but I’m not sure I’ve seen an interpretation quite as assertive as this one. Dressed in Tristan’s signature Granite rustication and a warm, desert sand stain, this 55 has as an added element a bare plateau rim, which only furthers its striking profile.

 

Details:

Length: 5.6″ / 142.2mm

Bowl Width: 0.81 / 20.57mm

Bowl Depth: 1.54″ / 40.38mm

Weight: 1.9oz / 54g