J Mouton Sandblasted Tomato w/ River Granite 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 the last J. Mouton I listed showed affinities for the pipes of Denmark’s early post-war period—especially those of Sixten Ivarsson—this one has far more in common with later decades in the Scandinavian scene—and, this time, with especial reference to Sixten’s son Lars Ivarsson, and Lars’ daughter, Nanna Ivarsson. Its essential form is an unabashedly stout, squat tomato, with an under-traveling teardrop shank that brings both asymmetry and a sense of motion, or speed, to the design. Expertly sandblasted with a mid-century Tanshell-esque hue (not to mention depth), the pipe is capped by an accent cut from river granite that slots neatly between briar and black ebonite.

Details:

Length: 5.4″ / 137.1mm

Bowl Width: 0.81 / 20.57mm

Bowl Depth: 1.09″ / 27.68mm

Weight: 2.1oz / 62g