Pipe Tristan Rusticated Straight Billiard Handmade Briar Pipe, New [SOLD]

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.

While Tristan is not shy about his Italian and Danish influences, when he sent me this one, the phrase that crossed my mind when this one arrived was, rather, ‘Ferndown in Blue.’ Of course, Les and Dolly Wood of Ferndown didn’t use blue ebonite, as Tristan did for this one, but the sturdy proportions of this classically-inclined billiard, along with its sharp rustication style and dash of silver, reminded me more than a bit of that Great British make.

 

Details:

Length: 6″ / 152.4mm

Bowl Width: 0.78 / 19.81mm

Bowl Depth: 1.72″ / 43.68mm

Weight: 1.6oz / 46g