North Dane Pipes Special 72, Dublin Estate Briar Pipe, Unsmoked [SOLD OUT]

Description

North Dane Pipes was a sub-brand of Georg Jensen, a pipe factory founded Copenhagen, Denmark in 1954. Georg Jensen itself was first owned by Per Georg Jensen Sr., before the reins were passed to Lis Jensen and Per Georg Jensen Jr. in the 1980s. Along with Stanwell, Kriswill and Bari, Georg Jensen was one of a number of Danish pipe companies which helped to change the pipe world forever from the 1950s onwards, ushering in the now-famous tradition of Danish design.

I’m not entirely sure what North Dane was to Georg Jensen. In a sense the make is a lot like many of the Stanwell sub-brands, which seem to be less in the quality of ‘seconds’ and more as ventures for selling pipes to different markets or using different designs to the main-line pipes. This one doesn’t feel like a second, but, then again, Danish seconds always were a cut above what we would normally expect from such pipes.

Onto the pipe itself: it’s a relatively traditional design for a Danish pipe of its time, which is perhaps why it was a North Dane rather than a Georg Jensen. It is a kind of quarter-bent Dublin, though one with more of a looser, ‘freehand’ shaping than English-French ones. It’s got a really nice convex rim, while the angle of the shank and stem relative to the bowl is almost like a hawkbill. The grain is beautiful – mostly cross grain – and is brought out to spectacular effect with the pipe’s golden-brown stain.

Lastly, the pipe is completely unsmoked, with a bowl coat applied by the Georg Jensen factory during production.

 

Details:

Length: 5.8″

Bowl Width: 22.9mm

Bowl Depth: 1.9″

Weight: 1.4oz / 42g