Buckeye Hand Made Sandblasted Scooping 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.

While some of the most recent batch of Buckeye Pipes have been traditionally inclined, and others have leaned into Premal’s own signature style, this one arguably stays most faithful to the aesthetic Buckeyes are known for. Taking the form of a large and rather Danish “scooping” Dublin, the pipe is dressed in a near-black sandblast finish that nonetheless showcases a crisp relief across every corner of the bowl, with a touch of color contrast introduced to the design by way of a tortoiseshell acrylic mouthpiece.

Details:

Length: 6.5″ / 165.1mm

Bowl Width: 0.91 / 23.11mm

Bowl Depth: 1.71″ / 43.43mm

Weight: 3.1oz / 88g