Sandblasted Freehand (Lion) Tobacco Pipe

Lasse must think highly of the concept behind this design; a big, proudly posed briar following along the gesture of a thick, muscular curl - we've carried two other briars similarly composed, and along with this one all three have been of the "Lion" grade. When he creates a pipe of this style, he clearly wants it to be one of his best - and he indeed makes it so. Despite the shared gesture, this is readily the most dramatic and complex specimen, the birdseye "belly" and ring-grained "shell", which together make up both shank and bowl, clearly defined, not to mention the conspicuous, flourishing flaring found at the shank-end.

- Eric N. Squires