Winslow Crown 200 Smooth Freehand Dublin Estate Briar Pipe, Unsmoked, 9mm

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, Winsløw tends to add more by way of color and decorative elements to his pipes, but in the Crown-graded series, the designs are stripped down to the fundamentals of the Danish freehand. This particular Crown incorporates elements from both the “Danish fancy” style of freehands represented by figures such as Preben Holm, as well as the softer, more elegant approaches to form represented by figures such as Jess Chonowitsch and Per and Ulf at S. Bang. To my mind, there is no one in Denmark able to unite these branching modern traditions quite like Winsløw.

This pipe is completely unsmoked, with an original bowl coating. It comes with its original sleeve. The pipe is chambered for 9mm filters as standard, but should accommodate an adapter for non-filter use if preferred.

Details:

Length: 5.2″ / 132.0mm

Bowl Width: 0.83 / 21.08mm

Bowl Depth: 1.32″ / 33.52mm

Weight: 2.3oz / 68g