Stanwell DM 2014 Sandblasted Oval Shank Billiard Estate Briar Pipe, Danish Estates

Description

Stanwell is one of Denmark’s most celebrated and enduring pipe companies, having been founded by Poul Nielsen shortly after the second world war. Over the last six decades, Stanwell has established itself as both a leader in innovative Danish design and for producing well-priced pipes with precision construction and engineering. Many of its designs were created for the company by iconic pipe-makers in the Scandinavian scene, such as Sixten Ivarsson, Anne Julie, Jess Chonowitsch, and Tom Eltang.

It has been a tradition for many years now for Stanwell to provide pipes for the many slow-smoking competitions that take place across Denmark. This is why some Stanwells can be found with initials such as “SM,” “RM,” or, as with this one, “DM.” The “M” stands for “mesterskab,” which is Danish for something like “championship”; intuitively, the “D” on this one stands for “Danmarks.” This one will have been made for the 2014 Danish national slow smoking championship, or Danmarks mesterskab, and shows off exactly the crisp, ring grain sandblast that Stanwell’s competition pipes are known for. While Stanwell’s competition pipes most often haven’t included the shape code for the design used, this one looks to be Stanwell’s shape 50, an example of its signature, oval shank billiards.

The condition is good. Some wear to the rim, including a couple of spots of charring, and a little finis hfading.

 

Details:

Length: 5.4″ / 137.1mm

Bowl Width: 0.78 / 19.81mm

Bowl Depth: 1.55″ / 39.37mm

Weight: 0.9oz / 26g