Soren Smooth Freehand Sitter Tobacco Pipe

Founded by Søren Refbjerg Rasmussen in 1969, the Søren workshop comprised a team of craftsmen who worked alongside him to produce Freehand-style pipes. Later in his life, Rasmussen would work alone under the name Refbjerg, crafting pipes that were more classical in their shaping while still retaining a Danish flair. This Freehand Sitter by Søren showcases the workshop's whimsical, free-flowing shaping with its strong stylization. The bowl's rotund figure is formed by thick walls traveling from a crisp ridgeline at the base and curving toward the craggy rim, with a broad, flat heel fashioned at the fore of the bowl upon which the pipe can sit stably. A muscular shank emerges from the bowl's transition and flares toward a plateau-capped face at the shank end, where it accepts a demurely curved tapered stem with a broad expansion ring at its base. Dressing the stummel is a smooth chestnut stain that displays handsome grain throughout.