Adam Remington Partially Sandblasted Poker w/Boxwood Estate Briar Pipe, Unsmoked

Description

It’s always fascinating to find out what career an artisan had before getting into pipe making. Back in the day, you’d get a job at a pipe factory or workshop after finishing high school. These days, people simply get drawn into the craft out of an already existing fondness for it. That’s how Adam Remington, of Tucson, Arizona, got into it. Remington’s prior vocations had been molecular science and engineering, though he was also deeply interested in art. He was also deeply interested in pipes, so he took a little of each of his interests and turned it into a career as one of America’s premier artisan pipe makers. That’s how it was for about a decade, between 2009 and 2019, when Remington withdrew from the artisan scene.

While I’ve categorized this as a poker for the sake of simplicity, the design is quite unique, leading me to think that a different name would be more appropriate—sort of like the Barrel and Tankard shapes Peterson makes. This one certainly isn’t either of those; rather, it’s more like a gavel, or a hammer. It’s got a tangible and really enjoyable stoutness to it, both in the eye and the hand, with just the right amount of added length, compared to a regular poker. The ring grain sandblasting is some of the best I’ve seen beyond the borderline-rusticated approach of someone like J.T. Cooke or Lee Von Erck, and I can see why Remington wanted to preserve as much of the bowl as possible in order to make good use of it. Ten years is an unfortunately short career for a pipe maker, but if it’s ten years of this, then it’s time well spent.

This pipe is completely unsmoked, with an original bowl coating. It comes with its original leather sleeve.

 

Details:

Length: 6.2″ / 157.4mm

Bowl Width: 0.78 / 19.81mm

Bowl Depth: 1.52″ / 38.60mm

Weight: 1.6oz / 46g