C-Pipe Smooth Brandy w/ Silver Army Mount Handmade Briar Pipe, New

Description

One great thing about going to pipe shows is being able to meet hundreds of people, many of which have traveled thousands of miles from across the globe, each united by their enthusiasm for one thing. That thing, of course, is pipes. And over the past few years, it’s become impossible to not notice just how far and wide that enthusiasm is distributed. Pipe collectors are everywhere, pipe sellers are everywhere, and, perhaps most interestingly, pipe makers are everywhere. This includes China, where the sheer fervor over handmade pipes is perhaps matched only by the resurgence of pipe smoking in the West in the 2000s, following the rise of ecommerce, or even the 1960s and ’70s, during the Danish pipe boom.

One consequence of this has been a shift from cheap Chinese factory pipes to a class of artisans—some of which have already become international superstars—producing handmade briars in the Scandinavian tradition. And, not unlike Scandinavian institutions like Pibe-Dan or WO Larsen, there are now workshops in China filled with master pipe makers working under a single banner. This includes GH Zhang, Qi Pipe Studio, and C-Pipe. Founded by former architect and lifelong pipe collector YiGang Wang, C-Pipe is a workshop of around a dozen artisans, most of whom originally came to pipe making from fields such as fine art and industrial design. While there are clear influences on C-Pipe’s output from various post-war schools, the workshop’s style is as varied as the individuals who work there—just like the Danish workshops of old.

 

Details:

Length: 6.5″ / 165.1mm

Bowl Width: 0.77 / 19.55mm

Bowl Depth: 1.79″ / 45.46mm

Weight: 1.9oz / 56g