Sebastian Heck Smooth Facet Shank Brandy w/ Resin Stem 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.

This is one of a couple of pipes in Sebastian Heck’s latest batch to feature a stylistic nod to Micah Cryder of Yeti Pipes, and in fact goes even further by way of a distinct choice of materials used in its construction. While the bowl was carved from a block of rather beautiful, straight grain briar, the mouthpiece was hand-cut from a special resin created by Cryder and English artisan Chris Kelly. Kelly is known equally for his excellent pipes and his pipe making supplies, and Cryder and Kelly recently joined forces to devise a stem material that would emulate the tones of antique Bakelite. Here Heck seems to have found the perfect complement for his brandy-Diplomat hybrid, and indeed a very fitting one for his Yeti homage.

Details:

Length: 6.1″ / 154.94mm

Bowl Width: 0.80 / 20.32mm

Bowl Depth: 1.33″ / 33.78mm

Weight: 2.3oz / 68g