Poul Winslow Crown 200 Smooth Asymmetric Apple Estate Briar Pipe, Danish Estates

Description

As is often the case with the greats of Danish pipe making, the story of Poul Winsløw begins as one of a master and an apprentice. That master was none other than Preben Holm; the apprentice was a young Winsløw. Holm held Winsløw in especial regard, with the latter ending up as the former’s head assistant in the Preben Holm workshop. After Holm’s untimely passing, Winsløw went solo, and after surviving the slump in the Danish pipes market in the 1980s and early 1990s, he emerged as one of Denmark’s—and the world’s—premier freehand pipe makers.

In his letter-graded (A, B, C, etc.) pipes, Poul Winsløw tends to add more by way of color and decorative elements to his pipes. In the Crown series, however, whose name appears to come from his former mentor, Winsløw’s designs are—quite fittingly—stripped down to the fundamentals of the Danish freehand. In other words, the latter show off Winsløw’s mastery of form and grain purely through the mediums of briar (for the bowl) and acrylic (for the mouthpiece). This “200” grade Crown is exemplary in that regard. A plump, slightly squat, asymmetric apple rendition, the bowl is ablaze with flame grain patterns to an extent that accents or other accoutrements might as well be unnecessary.

The condition is very good. Some darkening and finish fading on the rim, though nothing major.

Details:

Length: 5.6″ / 142.2mm

Bowl Width: 0.84 / 21.33mm

Bowl Depth: 1.36″ / 34.54mm

Weight: 3.0oz / 86g