Pipes Magazine Radio Show Episode 699: Sebastian Heck

Tonight on The Pipes Magazine Radio Show, we welcome German pipe maker Sebastian Heck. Sebastian represents a new generation of highly skilled German pipe makers to emerge in recent years. Based in Heidelberg, his interest in pipe smoking — and eventually pipe making — grew out of a deliberate desire to slow down and engage more thoughtfully with the world around him.

Like many artisans, Sebastian’s path into the craft began with restoring estate pipes. From that foundation, creating original pipes became a natural progression, and he began making his own pipes in 2023. His work reflects strong influences from both the Danish and German schools of pipe design, blending clean lines with a strong sense of form and balance. At the top of the show we will have an Ask the Tobacco Blender segment with Jeremy Reeves. Jeremy is the Head Blender at Cornell & Diehl, which is one of the most popular boutique pipe tobacco companies in the USA, and one of the only pipe tobacco producers making product in the US.

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The Pipes Magazine Radio Show features interviews with pipe makers, tobacco blenders, pipe and tobacco aficionados, collectors, and more. Episodes air every Tuesday.

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