Jorgen Larsen Grade J Smooth Cobra Estate Briar Pipe, Danish Estates

Description: Jorgen Larsen Grade J Smooth Cobra Estate Briar Pipe, Danish Estates Jorgen Larsen Grade J Smooth Cobra Estate Briar Pipe, Danish Estates Jørgen Larsen was was one of the all-time greats of Danish pipe-making for a number of reasons. He began his career working for Stanwell, before departing to create his own brand of high-grade, artisan pipes. Larsens skills and reputation led to him being contracted to also make pipes for Peter Stokkebye, which, decades later, continue to be some of the most coveted Danish handmades on the estates market. In the 1970s, Larsen was visited by Kazuhiro Fukuda and Smio Satou of the then-germinal Tsuge Ikebana workshop, who had traveled to Denmark to absorb the skills of the countrys masters of the craft. These exploits sealed Larsens position as a seminal figure in modern pipe-making, which made his early retirement from the craft—ironically, due to developing a briar dust allergy—all the more tragic. The cobra is a shape that has taken many forms—many more, in fact, than there are species of cobra in the animal kingdom—which makes sense given that it is most at home in the workshops of artisan carvers, who must carefully carve its figure by hand. Idiosyncrasies in technique, as well as personal whim, therefore yield the many pipes that are, often quite loosely, grouped under that same name. The one thing that draws cobra pipes together is, however, the wide, curved plane that runs, uninterrupted, from what would traditionally be its underside to the front of the bowl—as, for the cobra, these are one and the same. This is where the shape gets its characteristic strike position, both in the arching figure it traces and in the hooding mechanism that it evokes. But the cobra isnt just a matter of representing natural phenomena. It is not what we would typically call a figural design, after all. Instead, it is more often a way of working with the inherent properties of briar and for displaying ones proficiency in doing so. Here, two varieties of briar patterns are prioritized to an extent that is simply not found in other shapes: cross grain and birds-eye. On a good cobra, such as this one, these correspond to the plane and the sides that flank it, each rising with intensity as they progress from shank end to rim in a manner not unlike the scale patterns of the shapes namesake. For such an odd design, its quite miraculous how perfectly it all comes together. -J.M. The condition is very good. Some rim darkening and minor handling marks. Details: Length: 5.8″ / 147.3mm Bowl Width: 0.82 / 20.82mm Bowl Depth: 1.76″ / 44.70mm Weight: 1.8oz / 52g Shipping Shipping cost:replace this text with your shipping information Delivery time:replace this text with your shipping information Payment We accept the following payment methods: first payment option second payment option third payment option Please contact us if you have any questions. Service replace this text with your service information

Price: 450 USD

Location: Rockmart, Georgia

End Time: 2024-11-27T02:00:54.000Z

Shipping Cost: 5.5 USD