Ed Burak Connoisseur Smooth Facet Bulldog Estate Briar Pipe, American Estates

Description

Known as the “dean of American pipe designers” Ed Burak was not a pipe-maker per se. Rather, Burak was someone who worked with the master carvers of his time to bring his distinct ideas of what a pipe could be to life. As the owner of the Connoisseur Pipe Shop, Burak designed freehand pipes so singularly representative of pipe-making as an artistic endeavor, that many of the resulting works ended up in New York’s Museum of Modern Art.

Sometimes, it’s the simpler, subtler changes that make the greatest difference. This Connoisseur by Ed Burak is a classic, quarter-bent bulldog, and from afar it might even be mistaken for something like a Dunhill ODA 839, for example. A closer inspection, however, reveals that the bowl has been faceted with sixteen panels—eight below the bead-line, and eight above—that gives the pipe a distinctive look. This octagonal motif also works wonders with the briar, allowing its straight grain to express itself more naturally as it progresses up the bowl.

The condition is very good. Some minor wear to the rim and slight handling marks.

 

Details:

Length: 6″ / 152.4mm

Bowl Width: 0.76 / 19.30mm

Bowl Depth: 1.52″ / 38.60mm

Weight: 2.1oz / 62g