Nording 1998 Hunting Pipe Beaver Smooth Apple Estate Briar Pipe, Danish Estates

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.

Since 1995, Erik Nørding has created a limited edition pipe to celebrate his love of wildlife and the great outdoors. These are Nørding’s limited edition “Hunting” series, conceived in collaboration with Danish wildlife illustrator Mogens Andersen, with each drawing inspiration for its design for a particular animal. For 1998, Andersen chose the beaver, an animal which had been all but extinct in Denmark until their reintroduction by conservationists at the end of the 1990s. Andersen chose to emulate the beaver’s chubby physique through the 1998 Hunting Pipe’s similarly plump bowl, while its bamboo shank extension represented the gnawed tree branches left in the animal’s wake. Of all of the Hunting pipes over the last two decades, I have to say that this is one of my favorites.

-J.M.

 The condition is very good. Some rim darkening.

 

Details:

Length: 5.6″ / 142.2mm

Bowl Width: 0.74 / 18.79mm

Bowl Depth: 1.35″ / 34.29mm

Weight: 1.3oz / 38g