WO Larsen Large Smooth Brandy Estate Briar Pipe, Danish Estates

Description

WO Larsen was a tobacconist in Copenhagen Denmark. 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.

This particular WO Larsen is a quintessentially Danish brandy shape. Stout and muscular, but also plump and subtly curvaceous, it’s a little larger than most Larsens I’ve held, without being unwieldy. The bird’s-eye grain patterns are excellent – so excellent, in fact, that I’m surprised that this one wasn’t bestowed a Select grade.

The condition is great. Some inner rim darkening.

 

Details:

Length: 6″ / 152.4mm

Bowl Width: 0.88″ / 22.35mm

Bowl Depth: 1.98″ / 50.29mm

Weight: 2.2oz / 64g