Chris Herriot Sandblasted Danish Dublin (New)

About this pipe:

In 2003, one of France’s preeminent pipe luminaries, Erwin Van Hove, jubilantly proclaimed, “Hallelujah! One of the very best American artisans has recently settled on French soil.” Two decades later, Antoine Grenard, director of Chapuis-Comoy and president of the Confrérie des Maîtres-Pipiers de Saint-Claude, oversaw the induction of another artisan originally from the Anglophone world into its hallowed brotherhood. Van Hove was, of course, welcoming Trever Talbert. The Confrérie, on the other hand, was welcoming Chris Herriot. Parallels between the two are difficult to ignore; both were outsiders who laid down roots in France and, crucially, thrived by it. Both forged connections with the Francophone pipe community, developing friendships and associations that would help them lay the foundations of their respective brands. And both would build something on these foundations that garnered them significant national and international acclaim. In Herriot’s case, this meant apprenticing under Bruno Nuttens (himself a former student of Pierre Morel and Tom Eltang), spending several days each week laboring in Nuttens’ Charpey workshop, and the rest of his time in his own.

As someone with a firm background in Anglo-French design, the Dublin is a shape that Chris Herriot is intimately familiar with. And, in the last few years, he’s also proven his abilities in carving Dublins of every stripe, including the more modern variety. Supple, slightly freeform, yet immediately recognizable as such a shape, there are definite echoes of the Danish greats in this rendition, including in the degrees of skill in form, fit, and finishing it exudes.

Details:

Length: 5.9″ / 149.8mm

Bowl Width: 0.70 / 17.78mm

Bowl Depth: 1.46″ / 37.08mm

Weight: 1.5oz / 44g