4th Generation (by Chacom) Smooth Churchwarden with Brass (Unsmoked Estate)

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 o the same.

The Churchwarden is one of the more unusual pipe series to have come from Erik Stokkebye’s 4th Generation make. Churchwardens are not typically associated with Danish pipe making, but the series managed to bridge the divide between the Anglo-French staple on the one hand, and a more Danish approach to bowl shaping and ornamentation on the other. For this, Erik Stokkebye enlisted the services of the legendary French Chacom company, who have plenty of experience of their own when it comes to cross-cultural collaborations (including with Danish pipe makers), who managed to help Stokkebye realize his ideas of a thoroughly Danish interpretation of the long-stemmed genre.

This pipe is completely unsmoked, with an original bowl coating, and comes with its original packaging.

Details:

Length: 10.8″ / 274.3mm

Bowl Width: 0.79 / 20.06mm

Bowl Depth: 1.34″ / 34.03mm

Weight: 2.3oz / 66g