Herriot Pipes Partially Sandblasted Prince Handmade Briar Pipe, New

Description

In 2003, one of France’s preeminent pipe luminaries, Erwin Van Hove, jubilantly proclaimed, “Hallelujah! One of the very best American artisans has recently settled on French soil.” Two decades later, Antoine Grenard, director of Chapuis-Comoy and president of the Confrérie des Maîtres-Pipiers de Saint-Claude, oversaw the induction of another artisan originally from the Anglophone world into its hallowed brotherhood. Van Hove was, of course, welcoming Trever Talbert. The Confrérie, on the other hand, was welcoming Chris Herriot. Parallels between the two are difficult to ignore; both were outsiders who laid down roots in France and, crucially, thrived by it. Both forged connections with the Francophone pipe community, developing friendships and associations that would help them lay the foundations of their respective brands. And both would build something on these foundations that garnered them significant national and international acclaim. In Herriot’s case, this meant apprenticing under Bruno Nuttens (himself a former student of Pierre Morel and Tom Eltang), spending several days each week laboring in Nuttens’ Charpey workshop, and the rest of his time in his own.

Chris Herriot cut his teeth producing excellent, reserved renditions of Anglo-French classics, and it is these pipes that first brought him to prominence. In a way, one should expect nothing less than a native Brit living in France, a former student and current colleague of Bruno Nuttens, and indeed an alumnus of the Confrérie des Maîtres-Pipiers de Saint-Claude. This prince might be said to be a little more “gothic” in its color palette (it is the season, after all), though it makes sure to stay faithful to the slight and slender shaping of the traditional prince. Dressed in a reserved, near-black partial sandblast, these darker hues are offset by ruby red rim and hand-cut cumberland mouthpiece.

 

Details:

Length: 6.0″ / 152.4mm

Bowl Width: 0.80 / 20.32mm

Bowl Depth: 1.22″ / 30.98mm

Weight: 0.9oz / 26g