Sebastian Heck Golden Contrast Paneled Blowfish Handmade Briar Pipe, New

Description

Sebastian Heck is part of younger generation of highly skilled artisans to have emerged from Germany in recent years. Based in Heidelberg, Heck took up pipe smoking—and, ultimately, pipe-making—as part of a conscious effort toward slowing down in an otherwise constantly accelerating modern world. Like many pipe makers, Heck took his first steps into the craft as a restorer of estate and heirloom pieces, which in time brought with it an expansion of his workshop and the tools housed within it. With this as a base, creating new pipes of his own was a natural progression. Heck’s development has been greatly influenced by the Danish and German schools of pipe design, and has included time spent learning directly from fellow German artisans, such as Dirk Heinemann.

As I like to say, there are even more species of blowfish in pipes as there are species of blowfish in the ocean—and there are a lot of them down there. This one from Sebastian Heck is a rather uncommon of a blowfish sitter, in addition to several other key features. Eschewing the plumpness of the style inaugurated by Lars Ivarsson, it instead plays with facets, panels, furls, and asymmetries and weaves them into a design that is equal parts aquatic life and architecture. As a final touch, and as a reminder of its natural roots, a dash of plateaux burl has been left, quietly erupting on the bowl’s left flank.

Details:

Length: 6.1″ / 154.94mm

Bowl Width: 0.82 / 20.82mm

Bowl Depth: 1.28″ / 32.51mm

Weight: 1.9oz / 56g