Vollmer & Nilsson Smooth Bent Billiard w/ Silver Estate Briar Pipe, Unsmoked

Description

It might seem strange to say, but some of the finest, most sought after pipes in the Anglo-French tradition are, today, made in Sweden. Sweden’s role in so-called Danish pipe design—better understood as Scandinavian design—can hardly be overstated, given that it is the land that bore Sixten Ivarsson, Bo Nordh, Bjorn Bengtsson, Bengt Carlson, and Love Geiger and Sara Mossberg. Yet it is also the land of Martin Vollmer and Anders Nilsson, the two half-brothers behind the Vollmer & Nilsson make.

While Martin Vollmer and Anders Nilsson are certainly versatile when it comes to pipe making, and are able to produce remarkably beautiful “Danish” or “Scandinavian” shapes, the quality and demand exhibited by their more classical renditions persists at a level perhaps not seen since the golden age of English pipe manufacturing. This bent billiard is yet another example of two Swedish gentlemen making the pipe that so many British, French, and American companies worked tirelessly to create for around 150 years. A simple bent billiard, with a sterling silver army mount of the half-brothers’ own making, the pipe is at its heart a throwback to the designs of the late 1800s and early 1900s, right down to its basic proportions. One might even call it a love letter to those pipes. Yet it arguably does what those pipes, at least the majority of them, couldn’t, not least because of its perfect, bird’s-eye briar and its finish, which shines even brighter than its precious metal adornment.

This pipe is completely unsmoked, and comes with its original leather sleeve. It made its way to us via a stock liquidation, meaning it hasn’t even been personally owned yet (in other words, it is what the industry calls “new old stock”).

Details:

Length: 5.6″ / 142.2mm

Bowl Width: 0.74 / 18.79mm

Bowl Depth: 1.57″ / 39.87mm

Weight: 1.1oz / 32g