Smooth Strawberry with Bamboo (1450) Tobacco Pipe

Like its brother, the Acorn, this Strawberry shape from J. Alan exudes an organic aesthetic, with its plumb bowl tapering to a subtle heel spur and its sweeping fore urging a sense of forward motion. Adding to that sense of organicism, Jeff Gracik has perched this Strawberry on the end of three knuckles of pale bamboo, making it seem as though the plateau decorated bowl grew from out of the bamboo shank and is now poised precariously, pining to be picked. Were this piece even more like the fruit to which it so adeptly alludes, it would be ripe for the picking, as luscious streaks of flame grain adorn its smooth, naturally stained surface. From a more practical perspective, it feels sublime in hand — smooth and offering a lovely thumb rest above the transition — and features one of Jeff's hand-cut mouthpieces that's been crafted to ensure the highest degree of smoking comfort. When you purchase a J. Alan piece, you're getting the whole package: an incredible work of art, expertly carved from the finest materials to ensure a quality smoking experience.