Description
Perhaps the smallest and lightest pipe from this collection, this pipe measures 5″ with a 2″ bowl. A gently bent stem meets a Dublin shaped bowl at a sharp angle. It’s a freehand made pipe that follows the grain while embracing tradition. The partly smooth, part natural plateau rim gives it a nice touch–something I’ve not seen executed so well in more recent freehand pipes.
In the early 1980s, Danish pipemaker Finn Anderson produced some amazing, one-of-a-kind pipes from the window of a shop in New York City. These freehand Danish pipes epitomized the classic Danish freehand style. Finn told spectators he had worked in the famous W.O. Larsen workshop in Copenhagen, and their influence is apparent in his work.
Not a lot is known about this pipemaker, but we recently came into possession of an estate collection of his work, as well as several other pipes from the Pipeworks shop in New York. Handling these pipes has felt like participating in a golden era of pipemaking history. It’s been an honor to restore and photograph these lovingly smoked briars and present them to the pipe smoking community.