Ed Burak Connoisseur Stack Estate Briar Pipe, American Estates

Description

Known as the “dean of American pipe designers” Ed Burak was not a pipe-maker per se. Rather, Burak was someone who worked with the master carvers of his time to bring his distinct ideas of what a pipe could be to life. As the owner of the Connoisseur Pipe Shop, Burak designed freehand pipes so singularly representative of pipe-making as an artistic endeavor, that many of the resulting works ended up in New York’s Museum of Modern Art.

I’m not sure whether this Connoisseur is sandblasted or rusticated, but the finish is very interesting. It reminds me a little of the “wax drip” finishes seen on Italian makes, such as Caminetto. I’d like to think that was the idea, as the stack bowl of this pipe suits a candle wax theme very well.

The condition is fair. There’s certainly some rim darkening and some char, along with a little finish fading.

 

Details:

Length: 5.5″ / 139.7mm

Bowl Width: 0.79 / 20.06mm

Bowl Depth: 2.06″ / 52.32mm

Weight: 1.1oz / 34g