Bari Wiking Partially Sandblasted Magnum Freehand Sitter (9mm) (Unsmoked 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.

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 distinctive use of facets, mixed finishing, and measured asymmetry, this Wiking-series Bari strikes as something that, if not carved by Åge Bogelund directly, must certainly have been by someone who answered to him. It is also a rare example of Bari’s magnum output, and while freehand pipes do tend to be on the large side, it was not often that they took on forms quite as large as this one does.

This pipe is completely unsmoked, with an original bowl coating. It comes with its original sleeve. The pipe is chambered to accommodate 9mm filters if desired.

Details:

Length: 8″ / 203.2mm

Bowl Width: 0.96 / 24.38mm

Bowl Depth: 2.27″ / 57.65mm

Weight: 5.2oz / 148g