Buckeye Hand Made Contrast Sandblasted Dublin Briar Pipe, New

Description

Premal Chheda’s Buckeye Pipes have undergone several significant changes since their debut in the mid-2000s. Chheda himself was one of the first major players in 21st century American artisan briars, having been taught the fundamentals of high-grade pipe making by Mike Butera, and having had plenty of students of his own in the time since. Though Buckeye started out as an sub-brand for pipes that did not quite meet the standard of a pipe stamped with the Chheda name, the two would ultimately become different projects entirely. Today’s Buckeye Pipes are, instead, high-quality briars produced by Premal Chheda and his apprentices. The difference between a Chheda Pipe, or one of the pipes made by Chheda’s apprentices under their own name, and a Buckeye pipe boils down to the level of detailing involved: Buckeye Pipes are precision engineered and expertly finished, while being more minimalist in design and less labor-intensive in execution than their counterparts.

In the case of this one, that comparative minimalism essentially boils down to the pipe’s acrylic mouthpiece. Cut from plateaux briar, with the block’s jagged, live edge bursting from its rim, this Danish-style Dublin rendition has just about everything you’d want from an artisan briar. This is especially true of the finishing, with the bowl decked out in a full 360 degree ring grain sandblast, one made even more prominent by the multi-layered contrast stain draped over it.

Details:

Length: 6.1″ / 154.9mm

Bowl Width: 0.74 / 18.79mm

Bowl Depth: 1.77″ / 44.95mm

Weight: 2.2oz / 64g