Wandi Riyadi Smooth Acorn (477) Tobacco Pipe

One of precious few pipe artisans from Indonesia, Wandi Riyadi started smoking a pipe while working as an IT engineer but soon found himself infatuated with crafting pipes. He became a full-time pipe maker in 2013, drawing inspiration from Danish and Japanese artisans and even crafting his own tools for his workshop.

Wandi gave this Acorn a great pattern of fanned-out flame grain that stretches up to some short, smooth plateau on the inflated rim and birdseye on the shank, which is upturned into the short shoulders of the lightly bent vulcanite saddle stem. The bowl up front is what draws the eye, however, ringed with flame grain that Wandi finished smoothly and gave a lovely walnut-hued stain and topped with a wonderfully curved, inflated rim to complete the Acorn shape. It's a nice rendition of the classic Acorn shape, given great texture and intriguing curves by the Indonesian artisan.