Sebastian Heck Sandblasted Devil Anse w/ Horn 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.

The Devil Anse has undergone a surprisingly popular revival in high-grade artisan briars of late. Not unlike the cutty or the poker, it’s an old, storied design, but one whose simple, easy-going nature has found it a welcome home in carvers of a functionalist bent. This one from Sebastian Heck is very faithful to the Devil Anse renditions of centuries past, even going so far as to incorporate an animal horn mouthpiece, though it has plenty of more modern charm to it too, especially in its craggy, ring grain sandblast and live plateaux rim.

Details:

Length: 5.5″ / 139.7mm

Bowl Width: 0.80 / 20.32mm

Bowl Depth: 1.29″ / 32.76mm

Weight: 1.4oz / 40g