Mina Pipes Sandblasted Wide Shank Bulldog Estate Briar Pipe Unsmoked

Description

This particular pipe came to us with a batch of new old stock (NOS) pipes from a store closure a few states over. Based on what I was able to research, the Mina company runs a pipe workshop in China, not unlike HS Studio or GH Zhang, which produces a number of different makes based on the style of pipe. This one looks to have been inspired by some of the distinctive bulldog shapes to have come out of the post-war century Danish artisan scene, evoking the pipes of, for example, Poul Ilsted and his protege Manduela Riger-Kusk, as well as Tom Eltang. This one adds some extra color by way of a contrast sandblast finish and tortoiseshell Lucite stem, along with a boxwood accent.

This pipe is completely unsmoked, with an original bowl coating.

 

Details:

Length: 5.5″ / 139.7mm

Bowl Width: 0.74 / 18.79mm

Bowl Depth: 1.23″ / 31.24mm

Weight: 1.6oz / 48g