Kai Nielsen: Smooth Billiard with Silver (Jewel of Denmark) (B) Tobacco Pipe

As the son of Viggo Nielsen, the founder of the Bari pipe factory, Kai Nielsen was predisposed to take up the craft. Kai began working at Bari when he was still a teenager, eventually graduating to a full-time employee when he turned 21. He's now an artisan with over 50 years of pipe-making experience, his distinctive style and honed skills evident in every pipe he fashions. This Billiard is a compact take on the classic form, measuring less than five inches from bowl to bit. Shape-wise, this piece boasts a stocky, full-bodied bowl that stands at the fore of a sturdy shank and a sleek saddle stem, the latter of which promotes a comfortable clench. A ruby-hued smooth finish dresses the stummel and highlights gorgeous grain across the briar's surface, while a sterling silver accent adorns the junction and ties the shape together with a dose of flash.