C-Pipe Smooth Nosewarmer Egg w/ Horn Handmade Briar Pipe, New

Description

Not unlike certain 20th century Western pipe making institutions, such as Charatan, Pibe-Dan, or WO Larsen, a number of workshops in China have emerged in the 21st century filled with artisans working under a single banner. This includes GH Zhang, Qi Pipe Studio, and C-Pipe. With C-Pipe, however, there is something of a difference. Founded by former architect and lifelong pipe collector YiGang Wang, C-Pipe is a workshop of around a dozen artisans, most of whom originally came to pipe making from fields such as fine art and industrial design. While there are clear influences on C-Pipe’s output from various post-war schools, the workshop’s style is as varied as the individuals who work there. The resulting pipes reflect a synthesis of collective and individual creative endeavors, following a model closer to the ones pursued by Scandinavian post-war institutions, and which made artisan pipes what they are today.

This particular C-Pipe is a highly compact and lightweight interpretation of a full bent egg. Flanked by bird’s-eye patterns around its bowl an dressed in a warm contrast stain, it should make for an easy clencher and an ideal travel pipe.

 

Details:

Length: 3.8″ / 96.5mm

Bowl Width: 0.72 / 18.28mm

Bowl Depth: 1.27″ / 32.25mm

Weight: 0.8oz / 24g