Dave Neeb XL Scoop Handmade Briar Pipe, New

About this pipe:

Dave Neeb spent the first part of his life as an attorney. Upon retiring, however, he turned his hand to an altogether different vocation: pipes. First, Neeb was a pipe seller; he then learned the art of pipe restoration; finally, under the tutelage of Lee Von Erck and Rad Davis, he took up making artisan pipes himself. This continued for many years, with Neeb’s restoration of high-grade pipes being practiced side by side with the crafting of his own – pipes that deservedly amassed a cult following. Eventually, Neeb retired from pipe restoration and sales, but his pipe-making endeavors are, to the relief of many a smoker, not over yet.

There’s something subtly Danish about this scoop from Dave Neeb. It’s a large pipe, no doubt, with a length comparable to a shorter churchwarden, or demi-warden, but its gentle, scooping curvature nonetheless has something of the early, post-war Danish masterworks to it. Pibe Dan, and associated carvers and shapes, such as Holbek and his Polonius, or Loran and his Pearl, comes to mind, but a little more American heft.

Details:

Length: 7″ / 177.8mm

Bowl Width: 0.88 / 22.35mm

Bowl Depth: 1.67″ / 42.41mm

Weight: 2.6oz / 76g