Sebastian Heck Natural Sandblasted Apple w/ Antler 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.

Germany’s Sebastian Heck has included two quite interesting natural sandblast pipes in his latest batch for us, though while they share a similar, light and craggy finishing approach, their shaping is very different.

This one takes the form of a squat apple rendition accented with reindeer antler, but what I found most striking about it was its almost “checkmark” figure, not entirely unlike some of the lesser-known, signature shapes of the old Danish Pibe-Dan workshop (albeit in a far more ornate and contemporary guise).

Details:

Length: 5.6″ / 142.2mm

Bowl Width: 0.79 / 20.06mm

Bowl Depth: 1.16″ / 29.46mm

Weight: 1.6oz / 48g