Bari Special 837 Partially Rusticated Acorn (Estate)

Bari was a pipe company founded in Kolding, Denmark, in 1950. Along with Stanwell, Bari was one of the first companies that started the Danish movement in pipe-making, offering innovative designs and propelling its founders and carvers into celebrity status within the pipe world. Bari’s founder was Viggo Nielsen, whose sons Kai Nielsen and Jørgen Nielsen joined him in working at Bari, along with other soon-to-be famous names such as Åge Bogelund. Though the Bari company is long gone, its legacy lives on in the artisan pipe scene as it exists today.

Like the Italians and the Irish, the Danes had their own, distinct approaches to rustication. One notable approach was popularized in the post-war years by artisans such as Peter Brakner and workshops such as Bari Piber, utilizing especially fine, micro-rusticated finishes to add further layers of distinction to their pioneering briars. This particular pipe, for example, is a very early Danish-style acorn, with its sleek and slender profile complemented nicely by its delicate, hand-carved finish.

The condition is great. Minor finish fading and some slight oxidation on the mouthpiece.

Details:

Length: 6.2″ / 157.4mm

Bowl Width: 0.71 / 18.03mm

Bowl Depth: 1.61″ / 40.89mm

Weight: 0.8oz / 24g