Herriot Pipes Partially Sandblasted Apple w/ Fordite Handmade Briar Pipe, New

Description

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.

Chris Herriot’s ever expanding portfolio continues to show an impressive versatility with shapes. In addition to his excellent renditions of traditional shapes, he’s also demonstrated that he has a real knack for modern designs in the Scandinavian mold. Shapes like this short, plump, Danish apple, for example, have become very popular requests for Herriot, and it’s not hard to see why, especially when one factors in his crisp sandblast finishing.

Details:

Length: 5″ / 127.0mm

Bowl Width: 0.71 / 18.28mm

Bowl Depth: 1.48″ / 18.03mm

Weight: 1.4oz / 42g