Wandi Riyadi Smooth Wide Shank Dublin w/ Ivorite Handmade Briar Pipe, New

Description

Over the last decade or so, Indonesia has produced some impressive pipe makers in the ever-expanding global artisan scene. Since taking up pipe making in 2013, West Java’s Wandi Riyadi has shot to international acclaim, and has even inspired something of a “Riyadi school” back in his native land. Riyadi’s work has been inspired by Scandinavinan masters, such as Sixten Ivarsson, Lars Ivarsson, Bo Nordh, and Jess Chonowitch, and the Japanese master Hiroyuki Tokutomi. As gestured, Riyadi himself has also become an influence for numerous other artisans both home and abroad, and has even joined the ranks of pipe makers such as J. Alan, David Huber, Alex Florov, and Cornelius Manz in being invited to design pipes for Zhang Guo Hui’s GH.ZHANG project.

Wandi Riyadi’s latest batch of pipes with us have something of a theme to them: wide shanks and Ivorite. In the case of this one, it could be considered a “wide shank Dublin,” or perhaps even a “surfing Dublin,” with its finely grained, slightly bulbous bowl perched atop a broad plane that follows right the way up to its Ivorite-inlaid stem. As Riyadi’s pipes tend to be, it’s a beautiful work, with its two-tone stem in resonance with the contrast finish applied to the briar.

Details:

Length: 5.5″ / 139.7mm

Bowl Width: 0.83 / 21.08mm

Bowl Depth: 1.62″ / 41.14mm

Weight: 2.0oz / 58g