Sebastian Heck Partially Sandblasted Dublin w/ Mammoth Tusk & Vintage Bakelite 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.

Sebastian Heck’s Rhodesian renditions were what first prompted me to reach out to him about stocking with us, and I’ve made a point to get at least one in each batch since he first came on board. This is one of a couple of very different Rhodesian interpretations in Heck’s latest batch, with this one leaning closer to the Danish Rhodesian-Dublin hybrids of, for example, S. Bang, or Nanna Ivarsson. Incorporating a mixed finish that shows off both crisp ring grain and a halo of bird’s-eye, the pipe also features a dash of plateaux burl at its rim, a shank accent fashioned from fossilized mammoth tusk, and a stem cut from genuine, antique Bakelite.

Details:

Length: 6″ / 152.4mm

Bowl Width: 0.80 / 20.32mm

Bowl Depth: 1.10″ / 27.94mm

Weight: 1.9oz / 56g