Bari Viking Smooth Brandy Estate Briar Pipe, Danish Estates

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. Looking at the solo works of Åge Bogelund, one has to imagine that he played a significant role in the development of this aesthetic. With its unique stem cut, use of facets, and organic approach to shaping, this brandy is strikingly reminiscent of a Bogelund pipe, for example. Whether he carved it, or whether he guided one of Bari’s other carvers in its direction, would be difficult to say, though as he was the manager at Bari’s workshop for so long, there’s no doubt he had a hand in its composition in one way or another.

The condition is good. Minor rim darkening and handling marks, and a small nick at the top of the chamber. This pipe comes with its original (slightly time-worn) box.

Details:

Length: 6″ / 152.4mm

Bowl Width: 0.82 / 20.82mm

Bowl Depth: 1.40″ / 40.64mm

Weight: 1.9oz / 54g