Product Number: 002-287-0118

Danish carver Kent Rasmussen makes deft use of contrasting colors and textures, as well as a delightfully architectural execution, to create a pipe that could stand at the center of most any collection. And today that pipe is this polished, Butterfly grade Freehand.

This pipe has seen a couple of pipe shows, as we tend to like to take some fairly exotic work with us if we've got it, simply to share with collectors, hobbyists, enthusiasts, and other pipe smokers something a little different and rather special. Hands down, this pipe has got more attention than any other piece on our show room table during our last two shows. Folks can't help themselves. And can you blame them? Here, every line has been painstakingly articulated by the carver. Every transition and each passage is coherent, eloquent, and precise in its definition. The piece is delicate yet energetic; fantastic yet familiar; surreal yet corporeal. Beautifully grained, magnificently finished, powerfully shaped, this pipe is a parade for the eyes.

-- Ted Swearingen