Pipe Tristan Natural Granite Rusticated Dublin 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.

As I’ve mentioned in previous listings, this latest batch of pipes from Tristan Lefebvre included a selection that were dressed in a natural, near-naked finish of some variety. The reason for this, as Tristan told me, was that he had acquired some especially good blocks of briar, which warranted a light touch as far as staining was concerned. This signature Granite Dublin comes from one such block, and has been rusticated not unlike similar high-grades from Savinelli, such as the Punto Oro Corallo, Castello and its Natural Vergin. Like the latter, the quality of briar in this Tristan has allowed both for a consistent, flawless texture, and for a pipe that will color to an increasingly golden brown hue the more it is put to use. The pipe’s stem is cut from high-grade German black ebonite, with the near-peerless level of precision that Tristan has already become well-known for.

 

Details:

Length: 5.6″ / 142.2mm

Bowl Width: 0.78 / 19.81mm

Bowl Depth: 1.7″ / 43.18mm

Weight: 1.8oz / 52g