Stanwell Pipe of the Year 1995 Sandblasted Brandy 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.

Since 1979, Stanwell has released an annual, limited edition “Pipe of the Year,” with the majority being designed—as is common for Stanwell pipes in general—by some of Denmark’s greatest pipe makers. This particular Pipe of the Year, from 1995 was, as with the 1998 model listed recently, designed for Stanwell by their most prolific collaborator, Tom Eltang. While the shape retains much of Eltang’s functionalist sensibilities, it does also remind me a little of the brandy-esque “Danish billiard” style pipes of figures such as Karl Erik and Jess Chonowitsch. Most of the Pipes of the Year models in the 1980s and 1990s were sandblasted, and tend to be some of the finer examples of Stanwell’s finishing. Again like the 1998 listed recently, this one is no different, showing off plenty of craggy ring grain.

The condition is fair. Darkening and some slight charring on the rim, some over-reaming of the chamber, and some handling marks.

 

Details:

Length: 5.4″ / 137.1mm

Bowl Width: 0.77 / 19.55mm

Bowl Depth: 1.63″ / 41.40mm

Weight: 1.5oz / 38g