Vollmer & Nilsson Smooth Apple Estate Briar Pipe, Unsmoked

Description

It might seem strange to say, but some of the finest, most sought after pipes in the Anglo-French tradition are, today, made in Sweden. Sweden’s role in so-called Danish pipe design—better understood as Scandinavian design—can hardly be overstated, given that it is the land that bore Sixten Ivarsson, Bo Nordh, Bjorn Bengtsson, Bengt Carlson, and Love Geiger and Sara Mossberg. Yet it is also the land of Martin Vollmer and Anders Nilsson, the two half-brothers behind the Vollmer & Nilsson make.

While Vollmer and Nilsson are certainly versatile, and are able to produce remarkably beautiful “Danish” or “Scandinavian” shapes, the quality and demand exhibited by their more classical renditions persists at a level perhaps not seen since the golden age of English pipe manufacturing. This apple, for example, would not look entirely out of place among a batch of mid-century Charatans Comoy’s, or Dunhill pipes, though it would, of course, also carry the mark of an Executive, a Specimen, or a Dead Root respectively if that were the case. Then again, looks aren’t everything but, thankfully, Vollmer and Nilsson were collectors of high-grade pipes long before they made their own, possessing pipes by the likes of the aforementioned Ivarsson, Nordh, and Bengtsson. These were the standards set by the brothers for themselves when it came to making pipes, both inside and out, so rest assured that the pipe’s internals match the excellence of its exterior aspects.

This pipe is completely unsmoked, and comes with its original leather sleeve.

 

Details:

Length: 5.5″ / 139.7mm

Bowl Width: 0.78 / 19.81mm

Bowl Depth: 1.29″ / 32.76mm

Weight: 1.5oz / 44g