BriarWorks Limited Small Batch Dark Smooth Billiard w/ Black Stem Briar Pipe, New

Description

BriarWorks represents the dream of many a pipe maker, being a workshop owned and stewarded by artisans whose mission is to produce affordable pipes of their own design. Founded in 2013 in Tennessee by American pipe making legends Todd Johnson and Pete Prevost, BriarWorks has gone from strength to strength in the years since, not least because of its ability to combine cutting-edge factory production techniques with high-grade artisan standards. Not unlike Pibe-Dan or Stanwell in Denmark, many a high-flying carver has been a part of the BriarWorks team, including contemporary greats such as Sam Adebayo, Micah Redmond, and Bill Shalosky.

Unlike regular BriarWorks pipes, Limited Small Batch pipes are—as the name implies—produced in limited, small batches, and only occasionally. They are typically interesting variations on existing BriarWorks shapes, giving pipe smokers a chance to enjoy those classic forms with a slight twist that would otherwise not be available. One of the Limited Small Batch renditions of the “C13,” for example, is this pipe. While the regular “C13” is a slender, 3/4 bent billiard in the early French vein, this Limited Batch version shortens the mouthpiece significantly. This brings the pipe to near-nosewarmer proportions, which is quite unique for such a shape today, while also still being very much in the spirit of the briars of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Details:

Length: 4.4″ / 111.7mm

Bowl Width: 0.79 / 20.06mm

Bowl Depth: 1.43″ / 36.32mm

Weight: 0.9oz / 26g