Sandblasted Natural Pencil Shank Billiard Tobacco Pipe

Scottie Piersel's pencil-shank pipes are among the most recognizable smoking instruments available, the American artisan's signature aesthetic dramatizing the relational proportions between bowl and shank. It's an optical illusion of sorts: the impossibly slender shank seemingly unfit to support such a comparatively massive bowl. Scottie's renowned engineering, though, makes such a feat possible. Despite being shaped to such a narrow diameter, each of her pencil shanks is lined with a stainless steel tube from transition to shank end, ensuring the utmost strength and durability. This pipe might seem delicate, but it's anything but — the steel reinforcement promising lifelong reliability and enabling hands-free enjoyment.

A classic Billiard design, this piece accentuates a cylindrical bowl on the end of Piersel's pencil shank. It offers a substantial presence in hand and a considerable chamber, and the sandblasted finish has defined subtle growth rings across the bowl, while the chamfered rim has been left smooth for contrast. Dressed in a natural finish, the stummel will darken as this pipe is smoked, and the blue, variegated tones of the vulcanite stem offer tasteful contrast — a common theme within Piersel's portfolio.