Mike Sebastian Bay: Sandblasted Billiard with Horn 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.

This Billiard exemplifies Bay's Danish functionalist style and is a piece designed for premium smoking practicality. The size and weight are perfect for portable, on-the-go smoking, and the horn mount ensures durability and ease of use that's especially appreciated with traveling. The shape is an archetypal iteration of the iconic Danish Billiard: In typical English and French interpretations of the Billiard, the bowl displays a more straight-walled, upright stance, but Danish pipe makers tend to soften the form with a stronger taper toward the rim that emphasizes the lower bowl's curves. Bay's version here exudes that traditional Danish aspect, and it's matched by a typical Danish finish of dark, low profile sandblast but with a smooth, lighter-stained rim.