Bari Wiking XL Partially Sandblasted Freehand Estate Briar Pipe, Danish Estates

Description

Bari was a pipe company founded in Kolding, Denmark, in 1950. Along with Stanwell, Bari was one of the first companies that started the Danish movement in pipe-making, offering innovative designs and propelling its founders and carvers into celebrity status within the pipe world. Bari’s founder was Viggo Nielsen, whose sons Kai Nielsen and Jørgen Nielsen joined him in working at Bari, along with other soon-to-be famous names such as Åge Bogelund. Though the Bari company is long gone, its legacy lives on in the artisan pipe scene as it exists today.

Mixed finishes are by no means easy to pull off, but when done right, they lend a certain aesthetic to a pipe that little else can. In the case of freehands, they can turn an already heavily naturalistic design into something that truly captures the untamed spirit of the natural world. They also work well to give particular briar patterns their due, such as in this one’s use of sandblasting to capture ring grain, and polishing to bring out other fiery figures within the medium.

The condition is good. Rim darkening, but not especially noticeable due to the plateaux burl atop the chamber.

 

Details:

Length: 6.5″ / 165.1mm

Bowl Width: 0.89 / 22.60mm

Bowl Depth: 1.94″ / 49.27mm

Weight: 3.5oz / 102g