Nording Handmade 14 Smooth Bent Egg Estate Briar Pipe, Unsmoked [SOLD]

Description

Nørding was founded by Erik Nørding in the 1960s, and is one of the oldest remaining companies to come out of the Scandinavian pipe-making renaissance that began in the mid-20th century. Now in his 80s, Erik Nørding is one of the most experienced and skilled pipe-makers in the world, and over the decades he has also been a teacher of other Danish masters, such as Poul Ilsted, Svend Axel Celius, Jens Tao Nielsen, Peder Jeppesen, and Søren Erik Andersen.

In recent decades, Nording’s Handmade series has become their premier line of pipes. That’s because these are pipes handmade solely by Erik Nording himself, with other series being taken on by the other artisans in his workshop. This grade 14 Handmade is a distinctly Danish bent egg, with beautiful flame grain and straight grain patterns scaling its bowl. The stem is a very interesting one; though I can’t say for sure, it looks to be a composite of cultured amber and black acrylic. Nording fans may recognize this material from also being used in the 2008 ‘Woodcock’ Hunting Pipe.

This Nording is completely unsmoked, with an original bowl coating by Erik to help ease the break-in process.

 

Details:

Length: 5.5″ / 139.7mm

Bowl Width: 0.79 / 20.06mm

Bowl Depth: 1.74″ / 44.19mm

Weight: 1.7oz / 50g