Eclesias Pipes “Dragon Scale” Sandblast Billiard w/ Duraluminum Handmade Briar Pipe, New, 9mm

Description

There are some artisans who are well known and widely acclaimed for their sandblasting techniques. Bill Taylor of Ashton, J.T. Cooke, Lee Von Erck, and so on. The reason these figures are so well known for their sandblasts is not just because they mastered pre-existing techniques, but went so far as to create their own. Pavel Holub’s Eclesias Pipes display a similar ingenuity, with his “Dragon Scale” sandblasting producing results that are as tactile and densely layered as their namesake.

This one takes the “Dragon Scale” approach and applies it to an otherwise very traditional, saddle billiard, with compact, lightweight proportions, a reserved black stain and Lucite stem, and even a silver collar (in this instance, turned from duraluminum, a hardened aluminum alloy). Just like someone like Cooke in the US, Holub has a real knack for those kinds of neoclassical juxtapositions of the old and new.

This pipe is chambered to allow for the use of 9mm filters, whether of the activated charcoal, balsa, or meerschaum varieties (or indeed for an adapter for non-filtered use if preferred).

 

Details:

Length: 5.2″ / 132.0mm

Bowl Width: 0.79 / 20.06mm

Bowl Depth: 1.56″ / 39.62mm

Weight: 1.1oz / 34g