Moonshine: Wire Rusticated Deviled Egg with White Stem Tobacco Pipe

Moonshine's shaping style draws on the rich, rugged history of old Appalachia — perhaps most personified in their popular Devil Anse rendition. The short Belge design became especially popular after the History Channel's 2012 miniseries, Hatfields & McCoys in which Kevin Costner's character, William "Devil Anse" Hatfield, smokes a similar shape. This Deviled Egg pipe riffs off of the iconic Devil Anse shape, featuring the same compact profile and forward-canted bowl, but one of taller, leaner, Egg-like roundness as opposed to the Devil Anse's typically more Apple-like bowl. It's the perfect Nosewarmer for those who appreciate chamber dimensions that favor depth, yet still in the same travel-friendly size that fans of the Devil Anse have grown to love.

Every Moonshine stummel is carved on CNC (computer numerical control) machines at the BriarWorks factory in Columbia, Tennessee. Though each individual pipe is based on pre-established templates for consistent shaping across renditions, the stem-fitting and finishing processes are entirely hand-applied by the American workshop's team of artisans: Pete Prevost, Bill Shalosky, Micah Redmond, and Sam Adebayo. All four men are artisan pipe makers in their own rights, and BriarWorks' production model of combining mass-production processes with hand-applied, artisanal techniques results in modestly priced pipes with the engineering and aesthetic quality of handmade work. This particular Moonshine example wears the workshop's Wire rusticated finish, offering a crisp, wire-brushed texture.