Lasse Skovgaard Sandblasted Dublin w/ Silver Estate Briar Pipe, Unsmoked

Description

Danish pipe-making is notable not only for its masters, but its dynasties. The most famous is, of course, Sixten Ivarsson and his son Lars Ivarsson and granddaughter Nanna Ivarsson; but there is also Anne Julie, her son Bernhard Julie, and her grandson Johannes “Suhr” Rasmussen; Ib Loran and his daughter Tine Loran; Kurt Balleby and his daughter Tine Balleby. The list goes on. And it would not be complete without a mention of Lasse Skovgaard Jorgensen, the son of WO Larsen alum and carver of its Straight Grain pipes, Benni Jorgensen. Lasse himself made WO Larsen pipes as a teenager and debuted his solo work in 2004. In the years since, he has become such a renowned figure on the international high-grade scene that his parentage is an afterthought, if a thought at all.

Something Lasse Skovgaard appears to have inherited from his father, Benni Jorgensen, is an inclination toward designs that are highly organic, with his creations exhibiting sweeping, supple curves and varying degrees of asymmetry—as organisms tend to do. Another tendency in Lasse’s work which extends upon this variety of naturalism—and which is perhaps more pronounced than in Benni’s pipes—is a sense of motion. In other words, Lasse’s pipes capture a idea of life “on the move.” Even a rather reserved design like this one, hybridizing the Dublin and horn shapes, gives the impression of something almost lurching or stretching forward, especially given its distinctive, convex, oval rim (the chamber itself is, however, a standard, conical bore).

This pipe is completely unsmoked, with an original (though slightly flaked) bowl coating. It comes with its original sleeve.

 

Details:

Length: 6″ / 152.4mm

Bowl Width: 0.79 / 20.06mm

Bowl Depth: 1.34″ / 34.03mm

Weight: 1.6oz / 46g