BRAKNER Antique 1092
Denmark, 1960-70s
Very elegant and lightweight dublin pipe from one of the most bright and mysterious Danish carvers, Peter Brakner.
Peter Brakner was born as Peter Micklson, but later changed this name to Brakner, most probably just for marketing purposes. The young carver got an excellent professional school, he began at the Teofil Suhr workshop in Copenhagen led by Sixten Ivarsson. Therefore it was not a miracle that the worldwide glory came to Brakner very soon, after the 1955’s World Championship of Pipe Smoking, where his pipe won. Unique Brakner’s micro-rustication technique (named “Antique”) was not repeated by any carver, and Peter Brakner didn’t show it to any pipe maker, that is why his pipes are so rare and collectable now. Brakner’s pipes were very well sold both in Denmark (many of them through W.O. Larsen shop) and overseas in USA (what was a very rare situation before Preben Holm’s success).
The pipe markings are (a bit difficult to read) “BRAKNER ANTIQUE \ DENMARK”, “HAND CUT. 1092”. The length is 15.5 cm (6.1″), bowl’s height is 5.2 cm (2.05″). External diameter of the bowl is 3.0 cm (1.18″), internal diameter is 1.8 cm (0.71″). The depth is 4.5 cm (1.77″) and this pipe weights 26 gr. Briar, vulcanite stem, no filter. The stem is probably a replacement one, but was very well adjusted and looks very natural.
