Kjeld Sorensen Unsmoked Smooth Bent Brandy Sitter Pipe - 9mm

A brandy bowl takes its outline from the rounded body of a brandy glass. Instead of maintaining the more upright walls of a billiard, the bowl swells below the rim and curves into its base. On this pipe the shank rises into a bent mouthpiece, giving the fuller bowl a contrasting sweep toward the bit. The sitter form is part of the owner's description of the shape; the photographs show the bowl and underside from several positions.

The smooth finish leaves the briar's visible grain beneath the reddish colour rather than replacing its surface with a sandblast or rustication. Light moves across the rounded bowl differently from one side to the other, and the photographs show that variation without assigning an undocumented grade to the wood.

The vulcanite stem tapers progressively from the shank to a fishtail mouthpiece. Vulcanite is a hard rubber used widely for pipe stems; the fishtail describes the flattened bit. This example is specified for a 9mm filter. The stem-out photograph shows the fitting separately from the bowl, an important detail when comparing a filter pipe with an unfiltered one.

Condition: Unsmoked. Expect some dirt inside the chamber from long storage. Please inspect the photographs of the bowl, rim, chamber, shank and stem; unsmoked is not a claim that storage has left the pipe untouched.

THE MEASUREMENTS

- Length: 130 mm (5.12 in) - Bowl height: 45 mm (1.77 in) - Bowl width: 37 mm (1.46 in) - Chamber diameter: 20 mm (0.79 in) - Chamber depth: 37 mm (1.46 in) - Weight: 47 g (1.66 oz)