Pipe Tristan Natural Sandblasted Stack 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.

With Tristan’s latest batch of pipes, he sent a number of very lightly stained pipes in both rusticated and sandblasted finishes. And there was a very good reason for this: the briar. Even when you get your materials from world-class briar cutters, as artisans like Tristan do, there’s always an element of chance regarding knots or pits that might emerge as the block is shaped. Not being one to look a gift horse in the mouth, Tristan decided to let the most exceptional briar stummels speak for themselves, leaving them in a near-naked state. This not only puts this one’s ring grain sandblast on center stage, it will also mean that, over time, the pipe will develop a warm, golden patina, not unlike Dunhill’s Tanshell or Ashton’s Old Church finishes.

 

Details:

Length: 6″ / 152.4mm

Bowl Width: 0.87 / 22.09mm

Bowl Depth: 2.01″ / 51.05mm

Weight: 1.6oz / 46g