Danish Estates: Stanwell Flame Grain with Silver (54) (pre-2010) Tobacco Pipe

This "54" Billiard from Stanwell is a sleek, streamlined take on the classic shape. It features a pert, upright bowl at the fore, formed by supple walls rising from the rounded heel toward the flat rim. A slender shank gently lifts out of the transition from the bowl and joins to a sleek saddle stem, complete with a silver accent band at the junction for a dose of flash. The stummel wears a warm, smooth finish that reveals windswept vertical grain across both flanks.

Founded by Poul Nielsen, the Stanwell marque was a trailblazer for Danish pipe-making as it found its place on the global stage. During World War II, with briar supplies low and English pipes in short supply, Poul Nielsen sought to meet the needs of Danish pipe smokers by fashioning his own from beechwood under his company, Kyringe. Once the war was over and briar supply lines recovered, Nielsen changed the company's name to Stanwell, and the company would go on to collaborate with Danish pipe-making legends such as Sixten Ivarsson, Jess Chonowitsch, and Tom Eltang.