Buckeye Pipes Hand Made Sandblasted Blowfish 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.

This one, for example, is a more reserved take on that Scandi-American artisan staple, the blowfish. Large and broad-bowled, yet with a quiet elegance to it, the pipe is dressed in a crisp, black sandblast finish and fitted with a machined, black acrylic mouthpiece.

Details:

Length: 6.2″ / 157.4mm

Bowl Width: 0.79 / 20.06mm

Bowl Depth: 1.49″ / 37.84mm

Weight: 2.6oz / 74g