Stanwell Zebrano Smooth Apple Estate Briar Pipe, Danish Estates

Description

Stanwell is one of Denmark’s most celebrated and enduring pipe companies, having been founded by Poul Nielsen shortly after the second world war. Over the last six decades, Stanwell has established itself as both a leader in innovative Danish design and for producing well-priced pipes with precision construction and engineering. Many of its designs were created for the company by iconic pipe-makers in the Scandinavian scene, such as Sixten Ivarsson, Anne Julie, Jess Chonowitsch, and Tom Eltang.

Unlike the Buffalo line, Stanwell’s Zebrano refers not to the animal zebra but to a species of hardwood commonly known as “zebrawood.” This wood has been favored by Danish artisans for decades, with Stanwell contributing their own pipes to this minor tradition by way of pipes with zebrawood shank extensions. While Zebrano pipes have historically not always been stamped with a shape number, this looks to be Stanwell’s shape 87 apple, with its extension and amber-toned acrylic accent pairing very nicely with the light, smooth finish of the bowl. Based on the stamping that is present, this should be a pre-2009 pipe, made in Stanwell’s Borup factory in Denmark.

The condition is fair. Some inner rim charring and finish fading.

 

Details:

Length: 5.8″ / 147.3mm

Bowl Width: 0.80 / 20.32mm

Bowl Depth: 1.50″ / 38.10mm

Weight: 1.4oz / 40g