4th Generation Pipe of the Year 2023 by Bruno Nuttens Sandblasted Estate Briar Pipe, Unsmoked

Description

4th Generation—or, rather, Erik Stokkebye 4th Generation, to use its full name—is a brand of pipes first conceived by Denmark’s Erik Stokkebye (as one would expect), who holds the accomplishment of representing four generations of the Stokkebye family’s involvement in pipes and tobaccos (as one would also expect). Erik Stokkebye himself does not make pipes; rather, he contracts this task to some of the world’s great pipe makers, most of which are also Danish, to create them. Those familiar with the history of Danish pipes may already be familiar with the pipes made by Jorgen Larsen for Peter Stokkebye (Erik’s father) around the 1970s. Several decades later, Erik would become the second generation in the Stokkebye family to o the same.

As mentioned, the Stokkebye family have had a long history of commissioning world-class pipe makers to craft pipes for the Stokkebye brand. While Peter Stokkebye primarily enlisted Jorgen Larsen, Erik Stokkebye has, over the last decade or so, had his 4th Generation pipes made by a whole roster of master carvers. This has been especially true for the limited edition, 4th Generation Pipe of the Year series, which has featured works from Tom Eltang, Manduela Riger-Kusk, Asami Kukuchi of Tsuge Ikebana, Peder Jeppesen, Erik Nording, and, of course, Bruno Nuttens. In fact, as of 2025, Bruno Nuttens has been responsible for three of Stokkebye’s annual pipes, a record he shares with just one other artisan: his former teacher, Tom Eltang. For 2023, Nuttens created this highly unique design, a lightweight hybrid of the billiard, sitter, and skater shapes, complemented by a brass collar and a midnight-blue cumberland stem.

This pipe is completely unsmoked

 

Details:

Length: 5.8″ / 147.3mm

Bowl Width: 0.76 / 19.30mm

Bowl Depth: 1.53″ / 38.86mm

Weight: 1.1oz / 34g