Nording Rye 1 Smooth Freehand Estate Briar Pipe, Unsmoked

Description

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.

While Erik Nording’s freehands come in a vast variety of finishes, there are a few series reserved for freehand pipes with particularly excellent briar patterning, and are thus given a simple, smooth polished finish so that the natural beauty of said briar is on full display. The Rye is one such series, carved from plateaux briar in Nording’s hallmark Dancy Fancy style and dressed in a light contrast stain evocative of a field of its namesake in the height of summer.

This pipe is completely unsmoked, with an original bowl coating.

Details:

Length: 6.1″ / 154.9mm

Bowl Width: 0.77 / 21.08mm

Bowl Depth: 1.90″ / 48.26mm

Weight: 2.5oz / 72g