J Mouton Partially Sandblasted Liverpool Handmade Briar Pipe, New

Description

Born and raised in the small town of Gueydan, Louisana, Jason Mouton’s rise in the ranks of American pipe makers has been nothing less than meteoric—and for good reason. Having crafted duck calls since he was a teenager, Mouton’s first forays into pipe making began with carving tampers. Mouton’s unexpected and substantial successes with these handmade tampers encouraged and allowed him to purchase the equipment needed to create pipes themselves. Studying the works of renowned American artisans such as J. Alan, Grant Batson, and Jared Coles, Mouton gradually developed his own pipe making craft, which was furthered by his exchanges with Greek artisan Chris Asteriou. Today, Mouton’s works are some of the most sought after on the artisan market, a demand which he has responded to—and not unlike his beginnings in carving tampers—by reinvesting his successes into an unwavering advancement of his skills and technique.

While Louisiana’s J. Mouton is adept at carving just about any of the more elaborate shapes associated with Danish pipe making, he’s no stranger to the classics and their functionalist simplicity. After all, one of his signature designs is the “Popera,” a hybrid of the poker and opera shapes that makes good on the extra-ergonomic promises of either. In this instance, Mouton has turned his attention to the humble Liverpool. Dressed in a near-black, cross-cut partial sandblast—one whose target is the briar’s natural bird’s-eye patterns rather than its ring grain—the pipe maintains a reserved, elegant aesthetic, evoking the traditional Anglo-French briars of decades past. Of course, even the greats of that tradition struggle to match the expert construction of a properly handmade pipe, especially from an artisan as skilled as J. Mouton.

 

Details:

Length: 6″ / 152.4mm

Bowl Width: 0.73 / 18.54mm

Bowl Depth: 1.55″ / 39.37mm

Weight: 1.2oz / 36g