Askwith Pipes

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Askwith pipes are made by Chris Askwith, who lives and works in Plymouth, England. He is a skilled silversmith and found many of his skills and tools useful for pipe repairs. After joining a pipe club, he quickly became enticed by the idea of making pipes. He visited with other pipe makers, adapting his background as a silversmith to pipe making.

Askwith pipes are some of the very few made in England that look to the classic English shape chart more as inspiration than strict rules for execution. One can find Billiards and Bulldogs among his designs, but he tends to play with proportions and finishes like many contemporary artisan pipe makers. Utilizing blocks of authentic bog morta, Chris makes playful designs from these nearly as often as with briar. His sandblasting and smooth finishing are both highly advanced, and he makes delicate and precise hand-cut stems from polyester, ebonite, cumberland, and occasionally horn and or briar. Each piece is fitted with a delrin tenon and can be a study in engineering perfection. Many English pipes are made well, but Askwith pipes are steps above in quality compared to mass produced pieces in nearly every way possible.

Portfolio for Askwith

Spiral Carved Poker

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002-499-0538

Sea Urchin

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002-499-0490

Sandblasted Pickaxe

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002-499-0480

Carved Tree Bark

SOLD
002-499-0455

Rusticated Cherrywood

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002-499-0432

Sandblasted Rhodesian

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002-499-0414

Sandblasted Billiard

SOLD
002-499-0357

Smooth Billiard

SOLD
002-499-0356

Rusticated Dublin

SOLD
002-499-0278

Sandblasted Freehand

SOLD
002-499-0239

Moon Rock Acorn

SOLD
002-499-0237

Rusticated Cauldron

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002-499-0231

Sandblasted Morta Cube

SOLD
002-499-0215

Weathered Bone Apple

SOLD
002-499-0182

Smooth Billiard

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002-499-0141

Sandblasted Bent Egg

SOLD
002-499-0122

Sandblasted Dublin

SOLD
002-499-0121

Sandblasted Prince

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002-499-0117