W.Ø. LARSEN Handmade straight grain

W.Ø. LARSEN Handmade straight grain

Denmark, 1980s

A really wonderful sweet pipe from the most popular and respected Danish tobacconist. The pipe was made most probably in the 1980s or 1990s. Elegant lightweight and moderately smoked hadmade straight grain billiard!

The pipe markings are “W.Ø.LARSEN \ HANDMADE \ MADE IN DENMARK”. The length is 12.9 cm, bowl’s hight is 4.8 cm. External diameter of the bowl is  3.5 cm,  internal diameter is 1.8 cm. The depth is 3.8 cm and this pipe weights 34 gr. Briar, vulcanite stem, no filter. The chamber has a normal wear from use without any major issues. ​


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