SU Pipes “Speeding Dublin” w/Bamboo Handmade Block Meerschaum Pipe, New

Description

You may have wondered, as I often do, what would happen if professional meerschaum carver was to turn their attention to briar wood, and to make pipes out of that instead. While many early briar pipe manufacturers, such as Frederick Charatan, made just such a transition back in the late 19th century, both briar and meerschaum pipe manufacture have changed significantly in the century since, making for an interesting opportunity. Enter Sebahattin Urgan of SU Pipes, former apprentice to Eskişehir’s master of meerschaum Emre Bay and now an expert carver in his own right. Urgan’s talents have in recent years extended to handcrafting briar pipes, having been greatly inspired by the legends of Scandinavian and post-Scandinavian design.

While Sebahattin Urgan now focuses much of his energies on his briar pipes, he still makes the occasional meerschaum pipe. After all, it would be a shame to abandon one mastery in pursuit of another. But he’s also started bringing techniques and design elements from his briar pipes back into his meerschaums, creating some highly unique pieces, even within the wide field of Turkish meerschaum carving. This one is a kind of “speeding Dublin,” a design mildly reminiscent of the Stanwell shape 24 designed by Sixten Ivarsson. It features a smooth finish, interrupted only by an ornate, floral carving, as well as a bamboo shank extension and a hand cut amethyst cumberland stem. All in all, the pipe comes to a mere 26 grams which, coupled with the pipe’s comfortable stem material, should make for an easy clencher.

As with Urgan’s more special briar pipes, this meerschaum pipe comes with a custom-fitted clam-shell case.

 

Details:

Length: 5.4″ / 137.1mm

Bowl Width: 0.84 / 21.33mm

Bowl Depth: 1.69″ / 42.92mm

Weight: 0.9oz / 26g