Moonshine: Wire Rusticated Long Stem Hillbilly with Coffee Stem Tobacco Pipe

While Moonshine's Hillbilly shape is usually a compact Billiard in Nosewarmer proportions, the long-stemmed variant, known colloquially as "Billy Bing's," is a protracted composition with a long, slender mouthpiece that's gently bent for comfortable clenching. Other than the embellishment of the mouthpiece, the lengthy Hillbilly is a light weight and proportionally balanced composition, with a firm bowl standing at the fore of a trim shank-and-stem arrangement. It's an excellent option for those seeking a lean, ergonomic workhorse smoker, and a fetching take on the iconic Bing's Billiard form.

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, and Micah Redmond. All three 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.