An unusual Dane Craft pipe

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It comes with a custom made free hand briar stand and tamper
Another angle:

And another:

 

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I’ve been unable to find another piece similar to it and any information is appreciated.

 

[dmcmtk]

It looks like somrthing from Michael Kabik, see the Sven-Lar section and pictures in the article,
https://pipedia.org/wiki/Kabik

 

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Here’s a picture of the pieces, separated.

 

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I’ve also seen a reference to Karl Erik Offendahl and I’ve seen pictures of some of his pipes that include briar pipe stands, but not on the scale of this one.

 

[dmcmtk]

Sven-Lar,

 

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By George, I do believe he’s got it!

 

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Hmmm... I se Vajra also with a very similar briar base.

I’m still looking for something with the Dane Craft mark...

 

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Interesting history there!

I also have a “Skulptur by Kabik” and you wouldn’t think that the two came from the same craftsman just by looking at them.

The only markings on my set are “DaneCraftl” and the letters “FS”. The S indicates that it’s a set and the F is the grade. (Starting at A and moving up as the quality improved.)