Bari Special Hand Cut XL Smooth Freehand Estate Briar Pipe, Danish Estates

Description

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.

In an era defined by an explosion of freehand pipes, Bari was one of the few workshops to stand out with its pipes in that genre, thanks in no small part to interesting, recognizable design elements. One of these elements was the use of faceted sections on the bowl and shank, and another was in stem design, which incorporated rings, panels, and inlays, laying the groundwork for the modern split stem. This one, for example, is a classic Bari freehand; large, nicely grained, and distinctive, despite the counterintuitive constraints of its genre.

The condition is very good. Minor inner rim darkening, slight finish fading, and slight handling marks on the bowl.

Details:

Length: 6.8″ / 172.7mm

Bowl Width: 0.96 / 24.38mm

Bowl Depth: 1.72″ / 43.68mm

Weight: 3.6oz / 104g