Werner Mummert: Smooth Bent Apple Tobacco Pipe

While Werner Mummert is known for crafting unique, boundary-pushing designs, he crafts more traditional shapes with the same level of precision and creativity. This bent Apple showcases Mummert's impeccable finishing capabilities and his ingenious approach to shaping. An incredibly demure pipe, coming in under four inches in total length, this piece is ideal for on-the-go smoking and can be comfortably slipped into a pocket. Being so compact, the design is incredibly lightweight, and appropriately, the abbreviated saddle stem of jet-black vulcanite makes a gentle arc that practically begs to hang from the jaw.

Shape wise, this piece features a pert, nearly spherical bowl that sits affably at the front of a curling shank-and-stem arrangement. The shank extends through the tight-knit transition and cups the aft of the heel, giving the bowl, in its totality, the appearance that its being held up by the shank. The curvature of the shank and stem keep the overall design fluid and refined, while twin beadlines encircle the upper portion of the rim for a sense of visual demarcation. The stummel wears a handsome, honey-blonde smooth finish that showcases some stellar flame grain on all sides of the bowl and pinpricks of birdseye across the rim. Stylish, snug, and positively charming, this piece will make a welcome addition to any collector's rotation.