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While slender Dublin shapes have existed for over a century, it was, strangely enough, the great Scandinavian pipe makers in the post-war period who would end up being some of their most stalwart champions. While figures such as the Swedish Sixten Ivarsson and the Danish Tom Eltang have created plenty of novel and unorthodox pipe…
The Eskimo, sometimes referred to as the Inuit or the Surfing Bulldog, is a shape whose history is tightly bound up with Scandinavian pipe making. It could be argued that its precursors were the “Ukulele” designs of Swedish freehand pioneer Sixten Ivarsson, which gave way to the Eskimo/Inuit designs of the Danish master Tom Eltang….
There are some artisans who are well known and widely acclaimed for their sandblasting techniques. Bill Taylor of Ashton, J.T. Cooke, Lee Von Erck, and so on. The reason these figures are so well known for their sandblasts is not just because they mastered pre-existing techniques, but went so far as to create their own….
To call Pavel “Eclesias” Holub “inventive” would be an understatement, just as it would be to call him “versatile.” His “Dragon Scale” sandblasting, for example, as seen on the nosewarmer listed alongside this pipe, puts him alongside figures such as J.T. Cooke in his willingness to push the boundaries of the finish. In this instance,…
Czech artisan Pavel “Eclesias” Holub is one of the most recent talents to make his MBSD Pipes debut, though he’s far from unknown in the community. As I mentioned in the other listing of his today, I—like so many others—have been following his work for years, and to be honest I’m not sure why I…
As with most of the artisans we bring to MBSD Pipes, I’ve been following the work of Pavel “Eclesias” Holub for many years, and was more than happy to carry his work in our store. This one I was especially enthusiastic about, as it’s a shape and finish combination that has become a genuine signature…
