Nording Partially Rusticated Freehand Estate Briar Pipe, Danish Estates

Nørding was founded by Erik Nørding in the 1960s, and is one of the oldest remaining companies to come out of the Scandinavian pipe-making renaissance that began in the mid-20th century. Now in his 80s, Erik Nørding is one of the most experienced and skilled pipe-makers in the world, and over the decades he has also been a teacher of other Danish masters, such as Poul Ilsted, Svend Axel Celius, Jens Tao Nielsen, Peder Jeppesen, and Søren Erik Andersen.

Just when you thought freehands couldn’t get any more rugged and naturalistic, Erik Nording comes along and pushes the form even further into its roots. In this instance, a vermiculated rustication technique has been used to add a rather gothic, almost “decaying” aesthetic to the design, adding a striking contrast to the lightly finished, straight grain, smooth sections of the bowl.

The condition is great. Very minor inner rim darkening.

Details:

Length: 6.2″ / 157.4mm

Bowl Width: 1.06 / 26.92mm

Bowl Depth: 1.32″ / 33.52mm

Weight: 2.3oz / 66g