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 2016 SPC Pipe Of The Year: Steve Liskey, Carver  

POY Chairman Rick Willoughby has done it again.  Here's what Rick has to say: 

In the grand tradition of SPC POYs, we present the.....    Wait! That sounds too much like Matt.   Well... we finally have it in our hot little hands. The Steve Liskey POY prototype has been unveiled at May meeting.   It's taken a twist.  From my humble imagining of a sweet Dublin with a fine bamboo shank to what we have here.  Even sweeter than I could have imagined, and more in line with Liskey's style.   This pipe promises to be a fine smoke, with lines and appointments that just exude class.

Like our other POYs, we have one of the best that the pipe world has to offer at a great value for SPC members only.  Remember that feeling you had when you missed out on a previous year's gem?  Don't make that mistake again!  This will be one of the truly great ones.
--Rick

About Steve...from Neill Archer Roan noted pipe collector and SPC Keynote Speaker 2014:   "For me, Steve Liskey is one of those pipe carvers that I wanted to collect as soon as I saw his work. From the very first pipe I bought, and the subsequent pieces I’ve added to my collection, he combined all those traits that make a pipe a winner: great smoking, elegant design, beautiful materials, and light weight. Steve’s bamboo work is especially good. Not only does he find and use beautiful bamboo, his choices go beyond beauty; they’re intriguing and interesting. Not unlike the Japanese wabi-sabi concept, Steve makes the ugly beautiful. My favorite thing about Steve is that his pipes convey a man’s aesthetic. They’re not fussy or overdone and the hand-feel is just right.”

 

from Smoking Pipes:   Steve Liskey inspiration in both the Danish classical forms and Japanese naturalism is anything but typical, having studied under first Jeff Gracik of J. Alan Pipes, and then Todd Johnson. He was trained from an early point in his career that attention to detail and exacting standards were the way forward, and it is a lesson that stuck, as Steve now shapes organically asymmetric pieces with a rhythm that would put Geddy Lee to shame. Harvesting his bamboo locally, the young artisan has already made great contributions to the American pipe making community, challenging the notion that bamboo needed to be sourced from traditional locales such as China or Japan.

 

 

 

 

The Steve Liskey Acorn:  2016 SPC POY.  Rick said we haven’t done a bent pipe for awhile and this is a sensational.  The photos, as they say, do not do this wonderful pipe justice.  It is balanced to a fare thee well.  The blast is exquisitely done.  The acorn shape is one of our all time favorites.  Bamboo is one of the things Steve Liskey is known for.  He hand selects the most perfect pieces of bamboo with lots and lots of character.  It is a Danish inspiration that translates perfectly with Steve's very American artisan talents.  The feel of this pipe in your hand is comfortable, lightweight and will sit perfectly in your mouth -- everything you’d want in a pipe.  This gorgeous Steve Liskey POY is a stunner and is a pipe you’d be well advised to purchase for your collection and pure smoking pleasure. 

 

 

Order deadline July 4, 2016.  Pipes MUST be prepaid and will be delivered in early Autumn.   Want to order your new Liskey SPC POY?  Just click the BUY NOW button on this page and Presto! 

 

The Steve Liskey Bamboo Sandblast Acorn:

• sandblast
• brown stain
• bamboo stem
• black ebonite bit
• Special SPC 2016 stamping to commemorate this POY! 

Dimensions are approximately:

• Size:  about a Group 3-4
• Length 5.7" long
• Bowl height: 1.8"
• Bowl Depth: 1.5”
• Bowl Diameter: .7"
• Weight: 42 grams (prototype pipe weight)

The pipe in the photo is the prototype. Finished pipes will be as similar as possible but remember they are handmade and there will be slight but insignificant differences.

 

Member Price $350 (a Liskey pipe like this would sell for $450 on smoking pipes.com)

 

Order deadline July 4, 2016 

NOTE:   SHIPPING IS NOT INCLUDED AND IN MOST CASES WE WILL NOT SHIP.  ALL SPC MEMBER PIPES MUST BE PICKED UP AT CLUB MEETINGS.  A maximum of 4 NYPC PIPES WILL BE DELIVERED TO LOU CARBONE.  All NYPC'ers check with Lou first.