Ben Wade Sandblasted Dublin Estate Briar Pipe, English Estates

Description

While Ben Wade was a historic British pipe brand, for a time during the 1970s, production of Ben Wade pipes was contracted out to one of Danish pipe-making’s superstars: Preben Holm. Though he would tragically pass away at the age of 42, Holm was one of the pioneering figures in the ‘Danish design’ movement in 20th century pipe-making, a movement that still dominates the high-grade pipe scene. By hand-shaping his pipes on a belt sander, Holm was able to make the most of the patterns of grain hidden within briar, creating spectacular works of pipe art that looked just as good as they smoked. Owing to Holm’s untimely passing, his pipes are even more highly sought after than they were during his lifetime.

This particular Ben Wade is a stout, though relatively compact, rendition of the traditional Dublin. It features a nice, crisp sandblast, producing fields of bird’s-eye irruptions all over its bowl.

The condition is fear. There’s certainly some rim darkening, but this won’t affect the pipe’s smoking abilities.

 

Details:

Length: 5.6″ / 142.2mm

Bowl Width: 0.86 / 21.84mm

Bowl Depth: 1.66″ / 42.16mm

Weight: 1.4oz / 42g