Pipe Tristan Rusticated Bent Bulldog 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’s a story behind this particular pipe from Tristan Lefebvre. A few months back, I had a Castello come in through our trade-in program. It was a very rare example of Castello’s quarter-bent squat bulldog shape (number 58, I think), in Castello’s famous Sea Rock finish. Funnily enough, when I showed it to Tristan, he thought it looked great too, but he had also been working on a rendition of a similarly-shaped quarter-bent bulldog in his signature Granite finish. I said “That’s fantastic, is it coming to MBSD?” Lucky for me, he said “Oui.” Tristan’s version is still very much his own, being sharper in its hand rustication, more compact and lightweight in stature, wearing a contrast stain and, of course, having a hand cut ebonite stem rather than Italian Lucite, which Tristan himself prefers.

 

Details:

Length: 5.6″ / 142.2mm

Bowl Width: 0.71 / 18.03mm

Bowl Depth: 1.17″ / 29.71mm

Weight: 1.4oz / 40g