BriarWorks: Light Partially Sandblasted Blowfish Tobacco Pipe

BriarWorks' second installment of their Signature Series, a line inspired by the signature designs from some of the biggest names in artisanal pipe making, is a charmingly compact Blowfish shape, with a unique combination of firm, industrial lines and playful Fugu-style asymmetry — an aspect further emphasized by the juxtaposition of the extra dark sandblast covering the right flank with the smooth, honey-stained polish of the left. Much like the Magnetic Calabash that took us all by storm a few months ago, this Blowfish was also originally designed by Todd Johnson, one of his favorite and most celebrated renditions of the shape — realized and executed through BriarWorks innovative process and offered at a price far more accessible than its design might suggest.

- Andrew Wike