Viby 015 Sandblasted Pear Estate Briar Pipe, Danish Estates

About this pipe:

I’ve been quite fascinated by Viby pipes for a while now. They were apparently made in some capacity by Benni Jorgensen, who rose to prominence as the carver of WO Larsen Straight Grain pipes, along with the pipes made (and continues to make) under his own name. Benni is even part of one of the great Danish pipe making dynasties, being the father of Lasse Skovgaard. This Viby is a classic Danish design, albeit one heavily borrowed from the traditional French schools: a lightweight pear, with an oval shank and trapezoidal saddle stem, not unlike some of the designs of Sixten Ivarsson, along with a number of others in that scene.

The condition is good. Some rim darkening and slight finish fading.

Details:

Length: 5.3″ / 134.6mm

Bowl Width: 0.83 / 21.08mm

Bowl Depth: 1.75″ / 44.45mm

Weight: 1.2oz / 36g