Emiliano Featherweight Sandblasted Cutty w/ Bone Handmade Briar Pipe, New

Description

There are many nations in South America with vibrant pipe smoking scenes and, in recent years, these nations have produced a good number of artisan pipe makers of the highest caliber. Or, rather, it might be better to say that the internationalization of artisan pipes afforded by the internet has afforded these artisans the global recognition they rightly deserve. In any case, Brazil is among the most notable hubs for high-grade handmade pipes today, being home to Gustavo Cunha of marTelo pipes and Flavia Rodriguez, and having been the birthplace of Luiz Lavos. Of course, any mention of Brazilian pipes these days would be woefully incomplete without a mention of Emanuel de Queiroz Emiliano, better known in the pipe world as—simply—Emiliano.

Emiliano had always been a pipe smoker, but his exposure to the works of the aforementioned Cunha and Rodrigues planted the proverbial seed for Emiliano’s own career as an artisan pipe maker. He began carving pipes in his spare time and, soon enough, was in regular correspondence with figures such as Luiz Lavos, Angelo Fassi, and Angelo del Prete, aka Il Cerchio, who guided Emiliano in the early development of his craft. Emiliano would later travel to Italy to visit both Fassi and del Prete in their workshops, who generously spent time with the former helping him master the finer details of constructing a high-grade pipe. Emiliano’s own pipes are greatly inspired by Scandinavian pipe making, such as the works of Danish master Tom Eltang, and others in the global post-Scandinavian scene, such as Chris Asteriou. But there is also often something quite “Brazilian” in his work—something shared with Cunha, Rodrigues, and Lavos—which is often expressed through his approach to shaping, finishing, and his choice of accents.

Many of Emiliano’s designs lean toward functionalism, not unlike one of his personal inspirations, Tom Eltang. As with Eltang, then, it should not surprise that the cutty recurs throughout Emiliano’s portfolio. More than this, it is the cutty’s bowl that seems to fascinate Emiliano, with other designs, such as his signature “Elf,” incorporating cutty-like bowls into all manner of other forms. This one stays decidedly faithful to its clay progenitor, especially in its shaping. Distinguished by its almost impossibly lightweight stature, bulbous, tulip bowl, and reserved, light contrast sandblast, it testifies to old adage that “the height of sophistication is simplicity,” with even its ornamentation moderated to a narrow inlay cut from bone.

 

Details:

Length: 5.8″ / 147.3mm

Bowl Width: 0.72 / 18.28mm

Bowl Depth: 1.57″ / 39.87mm

Weight: 0.8oz / 24g