WO Larsen Straight Grain F Smooth Dublin Estate Briar Pipe, Danish Estates

Description

WO Larsen was a world-renowned tobacconist in Copenhagen Denmark and a major player in modern pipe history. In the 1960s, when Danish-style pipes were becoming highly sought after, thanks to revolutionary pipe-makers such as Sixten Ivarsson, a workshop was set up on the Larsen premises to produce enough high-grade Danish pipes to meet demand. This workshop was staffed by the emerging masters of Danish pipe-making, such as Sven and Teddy Knudsen, Hans “Former” Nielsen, Jess Chonowitsch, Poul Ilsted, and Benni Jorgensen.

While even the “average” WO Larsen pipe embodied a rare excellence in pipe design and handicraft, the pinnacle of the workshop’s output were its Straight Grain and Birdseye grades. These were pipes made, from beginning to end, by the hands of WO Larsen’s highest ranking artisans at any given time, such as Sven Knudsen, Former, Tonni Nielsen, Teddy Knudsen, or Benni Jorgensen, and were priced accordingly. This one is something of a first for me, as I’ve not encountered such a stubby design from the workshop before. It retains the plumpness and organic mixture of Dublin and acorn shapes that Danish pipes are known for, with its shorter length giving it an even more rotund appearance.

The condition is good. Some inner rim darkening, general finish fading and stem slightly over-buffed at the base.

Details:

Length: 5″ / 127.0mm

Bowl Width: 0.90 / 22.86mm

Bowl Depth: 1.74″ / 44.19mm

Weight: 1.8oz / 52g