Stanwell Silke Brun Smooth Billiard Estate Briar Pipe, Unsmoked

Description

Stanwell is one of Denmark’s most celebrated and enduring pipe companies, having been founded by Poul Nielsen shortly after the second world war. Over the last six decades, Stanwell has established itself as both a leader in innovative Danish design and for producing well-priced pipes with precision construction and engineering. Many of its designs were created for the company by iconic pipe-makers in the Scandinavian scene, such as Sixten Ivarsson, Anne Julie, Jess Chonowitsch, and Tom Eltang.

Danish for “silk brown,” Stanwell’s Silke Brun line features smooth finishes with a softer, more reserved color palette than some of the make’s other pipes. In a similar vein, this shape “51” billiard might seem a little more traditional than the avant-garde designs that post-war Danish makes, like Stanwell, are known for. But here’s the thing about that—the 51 is actually one of Stanwell’s oldest shapes, appearing all the way back in catalogs from the early 1950s, back before Stanwell’s trademark “S” stem logo had its crown. It has also featured consistently in Stanwell’s catalog in the decades since, amidst the periodic culling of scores of other shapes. I guess even in Denmark you can’t beat the classics.

-J.M.

This pipe is completely unsmoked, with an original bowl coating. Date of manufacture will be post-2009.

 

Details:

Length: 6″ / 152.4mm

Bowl Width: 0.68 / 17.27mm

Bowl Depth: 1.4″ / 35.56mm

Weight: 1.1oz / 32g