Mike Sebastian Bay: Smooth Billiard with Mammoth Tobacco Pipe

In the years since his mentorship under Tom Eltang, Mike Bay has blossomed into one of Denmark's most esteemed and prolific young artisans. His shaping style, while influenced by Eltang, reveals Bay's own creative vision across myriad finishes and an eclectic array of accent materials. Tastefully toeing the line between classic and individual, Bay's portfolio delights with distinctive renditions of favorite shapes, each singular, captivating, and imbued with world-class engineering.

A beautiful example of the classic Danish Billiard, this pipe features a more tapered bowl than its French and English brethren. Such an aesthetic choice is common among Danish Billiard variants, and it serves to soften the profile and also promote a more curvaceous lower bowl, which Bay has emphasized here with a well-defined transition. Supporting the bowl is a slightly longer shank-and-stem combination than would be considered traditional, and it exudes an elegant and refined charm with a sleek demeanor and lightweight appeal. Handsome cross grain and birdseye patterns adorn the bowl beneath a ruby stain, and the stem base delights with a visually intriguing accent of mammoth.