4th Generation 2023 Fathers, Friends and Fire Smooth Bullmoose Estate Briar Pipe, Unsmoked

Description

4th Generation—or, rather, Erik Stokkebye 4th Generation, to use its full name—is a brand of pipes first conceived by Denmark’s Erik Stokkebye (as one would expect), who holds the accomplishment of representing four generations of the Stokkebye family’s involvement in pipes and tobaccos (as one would also expect). Erik Stokkebye himself does not make pipes; rather, he contracts this task to some of the world’s great pipe makers, most of which are also Danish, to create them. Those familiar with the history of Danish pipes may already be familiar with the pipes made by Jorgen Larsen for Peter Stokkebye (Erik’s father) around the 1970s. Several decades later, Erik would become the second generation in the Stokkebye family to do the same.

Erik Stokkebye’s 4th Generation has released an annual, limited release Pipe of the Year for a decade now, but it is also one of the few companies to release a limited release pipe for Father’s Day (the other, most notable, example being Peterson back in the early 2010s). This series is known as the “Fathers, Friends and Fire.” While each FF&F pipe thus far has shown off Erik Stokkebye’s signature color scheme (brown and orange for smooth pipes and black and orange for sandblasts), each has been a different, distinctive shape.

The 2023 version, seen here, was a hearty bullmoose Rhodesian, not unlike those famously made by GBD and other Anglo-French makes in the 20th century. This one wears a light, honey contrast finish, paired with a jet-black acrylic stem.

This pipe is completely unsmoked, with an original bowl coating. Some very minor finish blemishing on the bowl, but nothing major.

Details:

Length: 5.4″ / 137.1mm

Bowl Width: 0.78 / 19.81mm

Bowl Depth: 1.27″ / 32.25mm

Weight: 2.1oz / 60g