Sasieni 4 Dot Ruff Root Dark Sandblasted Banker Estate Briar Pipe, French Estates

Description

Along with names like Barling, Charatan, and Dunhill Sasieni holds a special place in the history of English smoking pipes – one near to its very beginnings. So the story goes, Sasieni himself worked for Dunhill during its early days. But eventually he left Dunhill, having his own ideas about how pipes should be made, and founded Sasieni. This was 1919, and Sasieni has been the closest thing to a household name in English pipes ever since.

This particular Sasieni is from the make’s renowned 4 Dot series. It’s a very traditional shape – one so traditional that it’s far less common these days than it used to be, and seemingly for no good reason. That shape is the banker, otherwise known as the diplomat (though there may once have been some differences between the two). It’s a distinctly squat shape, almost like a compressed brandy, with an oval shank and stem. This one, dressed in Sasieni’s Ruff Root Dark finish, has some wonderfully crisp sandblasting, with growth rings expressed all around its bowl.

The condition is good. There’s some rim darkening, and perhaps a spot of char here and there on the innermost lip, but nothing major.

 

Details:

Length: 5.2″ / 132.0mm

Bowl Width: 0.83 / 21.08mm

Bowl Depth: 1.14″ / 28.95mm

Weight: 1.6oz / 46g