Sebastian Heck Smooth Asymmetric Golden Contrast Fugu 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. Though he enjoys the “original” blowfish styles of figures such as Lars Ivarsson, Germany’s Sebastian Heck is quite partial to the slightly more contemporary “fugu” variations associated with Japanese and Scandi-American artisan movements. This one incorporates the fugu’s hallmark use of panels, asymmetry, and an overall “fluidity” of form, and similarly utilizes a deep, golden contrast finish to accentuate its cross-cut patterning.

Details:

Length: 5.6″ / 142.2mm

Bowl Width: 0.77 / 19.55mm

Bowl Depth: 1.18″ / 29.97mm

Weight: 1.6oz / 48g