Pipe Tristan Granite Rusticated Poker Handmade Briar Pipe, New

The poker is a pipe shape whose popularity seems to come in waves, sometimes moving to the forefront of smokers’ interests, and other times receding into the background amidst the emergence of other more novel, modernist designs. Yet, like the cutty and the billiard, it never truly goes away, and for good reason: it is eminently functionalist, which is why, for example, it is a staple within Tom Eltang’s output. In other words, so long as the internals are sound, it’ll never let you down. Having handled dozens of Lefebvre’s pipes at this point, my faith in his engineering is unwavering. From the drilling of the draft hole, to the cut of the stem, to ensuring that the proportions are balanced in a way that allows the pipe to be a sitter (or setter) without assistance, it is dead-on. This particular poker is dressed in a fumed variant of Lefebvre’s signature Granite finish, a pebble-dash rustication inspired by the great Italian workshops, which has been paired with a hand cut black ebonite stem.

Details:

Length: 5″ / 127.0mm

Bowl Width: 0.82 / 20.82mm

Bowl Depth: 1.66″ / 42.16mm

Weight: 1.9oz / 56g