The Pipe Story
The Secret of Thranduil
Numenor Series
The Secret of Thranduil was not created alone.
From a single piece of aged briar, from the same heart of heath wood, two pipes were born. One cut, one revelation — and two entirely different forms. Not as copies, but as two beings who share an origin, though not a destiny.
The second pipe bears the name Sirenil, Queen of the Forest.
From her body, the Secret of Thranduil was drawn forth. Not as a loss, but as a separation. Just as a word is born from silence, so the form of Thranduil was revealed from Sirenil.
Though different in line, posture, and character, these two pipes remain bound by an invisible thread of the same wood, the same time, and the same hand. Each stands on its own. Together, they form a whole that cannot be repeated.
The Secret of Thranduil carries calm, composure, and endurance.
It is a pipe for those who seek not an object, but a presence.
For those who understand that true value is not imposed — it is revealed.
It is crafted entirely by hand, without the use of electric tools.
Every shaped movement was born from direct contact between hand and material.
Specifications
Technical details
- Wood
- Briar root
- Smoke filtration
- No filter
- Mouthpiece material
- Vulcanite (ebonite)
- Number of hand varnishing & sanding cycles
- 6
- Bowl depth
- 36 mm
- Bowl diameter
- 16.5 mm
- Overall length
- 165 mm
- Overall weight
- 54
- Bowl height
- 50 mm
- Shank
- 28 mm