4th Generation Fathers, Friends and Fire Sandblasted Dublin 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 2024 release, for example, was a charmingly stout and stubby Dublin.

This pipe is completely unsmoked, with an original bowl coating. It also comes with its original box.

 

Details:

Length: 5.2″ / 132.0mm

Bowl Width: 0.83 / 21.08mm

Bowl Depth: 1.41″ / 35.81mm

Weight: 1.5oz / 44g