Ed Burak Connoisseur Smooth Panel Calabash Stack Estate Briar Pipe, Unsmoked

Known as the “dean of American pipe designers” Ed Burak was not a pipe maker per se. Rather, Burak was someone who worked with the master carvers of his time to bring his distinct ideas of what a pipe could be to life. As the owner of the Connoisseur Pipe Shop, Burak designed freehand pipes so singularly representative of pipe making as an artistic endeavor, that many of the resulting works ended up in New York’s Museum of Modern Art. While Ed Burak’s designs covered a vast range of shapes and styles, two defining characteristics dominated his portfolio. One was large, tall bowls—often based on traditional Anglo-French shapes with exaggerated proportions—and the other was the steep curvatures they embodied—again, playing on exaggerated figures from briar staples. As a result, many of his designs were highly evocative of musical instruments, especially brass instruments such as horns and saxophones. This one is, as Burak’s designs tended to be, full-bent and stacked in form, with a distinctive faceting of the bowl. This pipe is completely unsmoked.   Details: Length: 5.9″ / 149.8mm Bowl Width: 0.82 / 21.82mm Bowl Depth: 2.07″ / 52.57mm Weight: 1.0oz / 30g