Smith House Partially Sandblasted Billiard w/ Boxwood Handmade Briar Pipe, New

About this pipe:

Taking their name from architect Richard Meier’s avant-garde homestead just off the Long Island Sound, Smith House Pipes are the creation of New York artisan Rich Rosselli. Like the Danish-American functionalists before him, Rosselli excels at creating modernized renditions of tried-and-true, traditional, Anglo-French staples. This he combines with novel uses of color and ornamentation, giving Smith House Pipes their acclaimed, signature aesthetic.

This billiard, for example, is a more or less perfect example of Rosselli’s “neoclassical” bent. At around 5 and 1/2 inches in length and weighing just over an ounce, its proportions remain very faithful to those of briars in the early 20th century, back when function was the overriding concern in pipe design. As such, it’s a pipe that can be easily stowed in one’s pocket or clenched between one’s teeth when on the go, or while attending to one’s affairs, at home, at work, or indeed anywhere. On the other hand, it by no means neglects the aesthetic dimensions of pipes that we, in the contemporary, are more attuned to. The finishing is reserved, but beautifully applied, in the form of a richly textured, burgundy partial sandblast, one whose subtle reds and blues are contrasted and accentuated by an accent cut from golden boxwood.

Details:

Length: 5.2″ / 132.0mm

Bowl Width: 0.79 / 20.06mm

Bowl Depth: 1.70″ / 43.18mm

Weight: 1.1oz / 32g