Ed Burak Connoisseur Smooth Apple Estate Briar Pipe, American Estates

Description

Known as the “dean of American pipe designers” Ed Burak was not a pipe-maker per se. Rather, Burak was someone who worked with the master carvers of his time to bring his distinct ideas of what a pipe could be to life. As the owner of the Connoisseur Pipe Shop, Burak designed freehand pipes so singularly representative of pipe-making as an artistic endeavor, that many of the resulting works ended up in New York’s Museum of Modern Art.

I must say, this is a very reserved design from New York’s esteemed Ed Burak. Then again, as everyone who makes pipes knows, you can’t ignore the classics completely. You can make wild, groundbreaking pipes, but traditional shapes are the bread and butter of pipe smoking, even today. Thus we find here a very traditional, Anglo-French apple from Burak and his collaborators—nothing more, nothing less. A tried-and-true staple that’s been part of pipe design for longer than any of us have been alive.

The condition is very good. Some minor wear to the inner rim and slight handling marks.

Details:

Length: 6″ / 152.4mm

Bowl Width: 0.86 / 21.84mm

Bowl Depth: 1.42″ / 36.06mm

Weight: 1.6oz / 48g