Soren Partially Sandblasted Freehand Estate Briar Pipe, Danish Estates

Description

Søren Refbjerg Rasmussen was one of the central figures in the post-war Danish pipe-making movement. Rasmussen worked at Copenhagen’s W.O. Larsen workshop, ultimately succeeding Hans “Former” Nielsen as its foreman, and was also the founder of the Søren workshop, which produced freehand pipes during the 1970s freehand boom. After the Søren workshop was closed, Rasmussen continued to carve pipes, doing so under his middle name, Refbjerg.

When it seems like everyone in the country is making freehand pipes, you have to do something to stand out. One of the things I’ve noticed that’s common to Soren Refbjerg’s freehands is how often they’re sitters—or, rather standers. His approach was to create freehand designs that were almost like particularly rugged, freeform cavalier shapes. As can be seen with this one, the results are indeed striking, and lend an extra distinction to a genre already bustling with novelty.

The condition is very good. Some inner rim darkening.

 

Details:

Length: 6.4″ / 162.5mm

Bowl Width: 1.01 / 25.65mm

Bowl Depth: 1.81″ / 45.97mm

Weight: 1.7oz / 50g