Bill Shalosky Sandblasted Pot with Honduran Rosewood (804) (2025) Tobacco Pipe
Product Number: 004-009-24565
Measurements & Other Details
Minor Rim Darkening Small Ding On The Rim Scraping In The Chamber Mild Chamber Carbonizing Finish Faded Minor Tooth Marks
STAMPING:
SHALOSKY (arched)
USA
2025
804
- Length: 5.60 in./142.24 mm.
- Weight: 1.36 oz./38.56 g.
- Bowl Height: 1.70 in./43.18 mm.
- Chamber Depth: 1.49 in./37.85 mm.
- Chamber Diameter: 0.84 in./21.34 mm.
- Outside Diameter: 1.41 in./35.81 mm.
- Stem Material: Vulcanite
- Filter: None
- Shape: Pot
- Finish: Sandblast
- Material: Briar
- Country: United States
About This Pipe
American artisan Bill Shalosky, a Fine Arts graduate and seasoned pipe smoker, brings a wide range of influences to his work. Now an accomplished artisan at BriarWorks, he cites "every pipe ever made" as part of his inspiration. This Pot is a handsome showcase of Shalosky's skill in rendering Anglo-French classics. Its proportions are well-balanced along a streamlined silhouette, with the bowl rising upright from a soft heel to form a comfortable, palm-friendly shape. Subtle cheeking at the transition enhances the bowl's posture, leading the eye into a round, elongated shank that maintains the pipe's elegant flow.
A Honduran rosewood accent adds a warm visual contrast where the shank meets the vulcanite stem, echoing the softly polished rim of the bowl. The rest of the stummel wears a ruddy sandblast that brings out birdseye across the bowl's flanks, adding texture and visual interest to this refined composition.
- Madison Long
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