Nording Spiral Partially Rusticated Freehand Estate Briar Pipe, Unsmoked

Description

Nørding was founded by Erik Nørding in the 1960s, and is one of the oldest remaining companies to come out of the Scandinavian pipe-making renaissance that began in the mid-20th century. Now in his 80s, Erik Nørding is one of the most experienced and skilled pipe-makers in the world, and over the decades he has also been a teacher of other Danish masters, such as Poul Ilsted, Svend Axel Celius, Jens Tao Nielsen, Peder Jeppesen, and Søren Erik Andersen.

While Erik Nording has produced a great variety of styles of pipe across his career (and still does), the “freehand” shape, today, is more or less synonymous with the Nording name, and the Nording name is also synonymous with freehand pipes to a significant extent. As a pioneer of the freehand genre, going all the way back to the 1950s (back when they were were instead known as the Danish “fancy”), he certainly knows a thing or two about making one. The Spiral series of freehands features a very light, near-natural stain, interlaced with spiralling, hand-rusticated channels that lend the pipes an even more unique aesthetic.

This pipe is completely unsmoked, with an original bowl coating, and comes with its original sleeve.

 

Details:

Length: 6″ / 152.4mm

Bowl Width: 0.66 / 16.76mm

Bowl Depth: 1.53″ / 38.86mm

Weight: 1.9oz / 56g