Julius Vesz 1988 Hand Cut 2 Partially Rusticated Canadian Estate Briar Pipe, Other Estates

Description

Hungarian-Canadian artisan Julius Vesz carved his first pipe all the way back in 1959, and continues making pipes today in the 2020s. With 60 years of experience in the craft, he is recognized as one of the most seasoned and skilled pipe makers around, counting among his admirers luminaries such as Richard Carleton Hacker, who remarked upon the “rare elegance” inherent to Vesz’s work.

Julius Vesz is famous both for his pipes and for the briar he uses to make them. He’s been collecting good briar since the earliest years of his pipe making endeavors, and while all of his pipes are made from his personally curated, well-aged stock of blocks, only the finest among them is used for his Hand Cut series.

As Vesz likes to say, no two Hand Cut pipes are alike, and this one is a good example of his unique approach to utilizing his high-grade briar. There’s a little of the “English freehand” to its shaping, blending elements of the poker, the panel, and the Canadian, with the majority of the stummel also wearing Vesz’s signature micro-rustication. It’s also very much on the large side though, owing to the quality of the wood used in its construction, it’s also far lighter than it might look.

The condition is very good. Some darkening and small scratches on the rim.

Details:

Length: 6.5″ / 165.1mm

Bowl Width: 0.86 / 21.84mm

Bowl Depth: 1.62″ / 41.14mm

Weight: 1.9oz / 56g