WO Larsen Straight Grain F Smooth Dublin Estate Briar Pipe, Unsmoked

Description

WO Larsen was a tobacconist in Copenhagen Denmark. In the 1960s, when Danish-style pipes were becoming highly sought after, thanks to revolutionary pipe-makers such as Sixten Ivarsson, a workshop was set up on the Larsen premises to produce enough high-grade Danish pipes to meet demand. This workshop was staffed by the emerging masters of Danish pipe-making, such as Sven and Teddy Knudsen, Hans ‘Former’ Nielsen, Jess Chonowitsch, Poul Ilsted, and Benni Jorgensen.

The “Straight Grain” models were WO Larsen’s finest pipes, being handmade, from beginning to end, by only the most skilled craftsmen in the workshop. These would be individuals such as Sven Knudsen, Former, Tonni Nielsen, Teddy Knudsen, and Benni Jorgensen. Most of the Straight Grains I’ve seen were numbered, and the only letter-graded ones I’ve seen were “F” grade, which makes me wonder if the “F” isn’t a grade at all, but stood for something else—such as for “Hans ‘Former’ Nielsen,” who was at one point the workshop’s foreman. Whoever made it, this one is certainly a beautiful piece, combining the wide-brimmed Danish Dublin archetype with a deep bend and swan-neck shank more reminiscent of classic English billiard shapes.

This pipe is completely unsmoked, with an original bowl coating. It also comes with its original leather sleeve.

 

Details:

Length: 4.6″ / 116.8mm

Bowl Width: 0.75 / 19.05mm

Bowl Depth: 1.45″ / 36.83mm

Weight: 1.9oz / 54g