Pipe Tristan Sandblasted Bent Apple 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.

Tristan was telling me about some rods of limited-edition blue ebonite he’d acquired recently, and while I was skeptical at first, I was thrilled with the pipes that subsequently arrived. This particular Tristan is an interesting take on an eighth-bent apple, with a very gentle curvature and slight under-travel at the base of the shank that subtly gestures toward European masters, such as Germany’s Karlheinz Joura and Ingo Garbe, or Denmark’s Kurt Balleby and Peter Hedegaard. The finish and stem, however, are a sharp departure from the styles of continental Europe; the finish is a virgin sandblast that has more in common with English makes, while the navy blue swirl of the stem makes the pipe something completely unto its own.

 

Details:

Length: 6.2″ / 157.4mm

Bowl Width: 0.77 / 19.55mm

Bowl Depth: 1.53″ / 38.86mm

Weight: 1.5oz / 44g