Broken Pipe: Lars Ivarsson

[ron123]

I saw him every year at the Chicago show, but never talked with him, other that to say Hello. From the comments though, it sounds like he was a real decent guy, and now wish I would have made a point of introducing myself.
Totally surprising as he seems like he was maybe in his 70's...too young.

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[fitzy]

Very sad to hear.

 

[cigrmaster]

Condolences to the family.

 

[admin]

The pipe world had some sad news today. I'm not qualified to write this obit, but Sykes Wilford certainly is, and he graciously allowed PipesMagazine.com to use the one he wrote for SmokingPipes.com.
http://pipesmagazine.com/blog/pipe-news/passing-of-a-giant/

 

[sablebrush52]

Very sad news. The Ivarsson name is associated with the very highest order of craft. In my mind, Sixten was the single most important carver of the 20th century.

 

[daveinlax]

I saw him every year at the Chicago show, but never talked with him, other that to say Hello. From the comments though, it sounds like he was a real decent guy, and now wish I would have made a point of introducing myself.
Totally surprising as he seems like he was maybe in his 70's...too young.

RIP Lars. I didn't know him other than the show and some email interactions to get 3 pipe bags made but he was always quietly friendly to me.
If that's the big pipe that I sold to Rodrigo. I showed it to Lars when he made me a bag for it and two other pipes he made that I owned at the time. He looked at it and told me about how he remembered that it was one of his largest pipes and that he found the accent wood in his yard. He showed me a tiny little dark knot that he remembered after all those years! If it's the pipe it came from the Peter Mosling collection! I hope you got the bag and the bamboo tamper that I $old with it

 

[jon11]

RIP Legend....you will be missed!

 

[jvnshr]

Sad news indeed. Rest in peace, sir.

 

[ron123]

Hi David, I've done a lot of business buying and selling with Rodrigo, so this may have come from him. It did come with a bag, so maybe it's the same pipe. It's a good sized pipe, with an especially large chamber. I didn't get a tamper with it. I've gotten a couple of the plain and simple bamboo ones he's made, at the silent auction in Chicago. I actually have a pretty large tamper collection, so if he made anything more special than that to go with this piece, then that's a bummer. This is the only Lars pipe I have, but do have one Nanna and one Sixten, both also blasts. Sorry, but I don't know Peter Mosling.

 

[kcghost]

Yeah, we lost a real giant with his passing. Deepest condolences to his family.

 

[josephcross]

RIP. Condolences to his family and friends. Our community lost one of the great ones today.

 

[shaintiques]

Met him last year in Chicago. Was definitely a highlight for me in my time as a pipe smoker. Was very sad to hear the news.

 

[dino]

May his memory be eternal.

 

[ssjones]

A true giant in the PipeWorld.

We don't have many of those at the moment, now one less. Sad news indeed.