Stanwell Special Sandblasted Dublin Estate Briar Pipe, Danish Estates

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.

Over the decades, Stanwell has used the “Special” designation for pipes that are, in some way, a little different to their standard output. In the case of this one, the difference is the stem. A quick background: up until at least the 2000s, if you wanted a Stanwell pipe, you had a choice between two stem colors: black (usually ebonite), or red and black (Cumberland). It wasn’t really a choice, though, as only a select few lines ever featured a Cumberland option. This Special, on the other hand, has an interesting horn-hued acrylic stem, which oddly enough is reminiscent of the horn stems used on some of the earliest Stanwell and Kyringe pipes, before even the “registration era” began in 1948. The shape looks to be the 139, designed by Jess Chonowitsch.

The condition is fair. Rim darkening and some finish fading.

 

Details:

Length: 5.5″ / 139.7mm

Bowl Width: 0.73 / 18.54mm

Bowl Depth: 1.44″ / 36.57mm

Weight: 1.5oz / 44g