Herriot Pipes Smooth Stacked Lovat w/ Horn 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 is no stranger to traditional pipes in the Anglo-French vein. He is notably, after all, inclined to such designs in his output. But “traditional” pipes are not limited to classic apple, billiard, or Canadian renditions; it includes, for example, Dunhill’s Quaints, Comoy’s Extraordinaires, and the countless GBD shapes that play with Anglo-French orthodoxy without dismissing it entirely. Herriot Pipes are often much the same, tweaking or hybridizing old staples in a manner that is distinct, but also distinctly traditional. Such is the case for this pipe: a tall, long, and almost pencil-shanked Lovat rendition whose form wouldn’t look out of place next to an assortment of GBD Conquests or Collectors. On the other hand, as good as the latter were, even the best factory pipes were seldom of the sheer caliber of a pipe like this one.

Details:

Length: 6.5″ / 165.1mm

Bowl Width: 0.72 / 18.28mm

Bowl Depth: 2.01″ / 51.05mm

Weight: 1.1oz / 34g