W.O. Larsen 49 Goo goo g'joob

[donjgiles]

This is a pipe I have been chasing for quite some time. I was happy to win the bid on this one.

 

[alaskanpiper]

Cool pipe! The little feet kind of weird me out, in a creepy baby alien kind of way, but I love the shape otherwise.

 

[mikethompson]

A built in pipe rest! Nice pipe Don!

 

[dmcmtk]

So you outbid me Don! Fair play to you. A very nice, later W.O. Larsen example of the Walrus. Most likely made by Teddy Knudsen. The earlier ones have the "rounded" tusks/feet, the later ones the "pointed" style. Supposedly they were all made by either Sven or Teddy Knudsen. Again, from Rob Cooper, "There were even two series of the numbered pipes, as the production facility suffered a fire and the master shapes had to be re-carved!"

 

[donjgiles]

Ugg, I kinda had a feeling I grabbed this one from you Dave.
My apologies. If I ever want to let it go, you will be the first person I think of.

Don

 

[donjgiles]

In case you were wondering about the title, the shape is called the Walrus.
The pipe is huge, Larsen really had some nice briar to work with back in the day.

 

[alaskanpiper]

the shape is called the Walrus

I see it now. I was thinking Penguin.

 

[dmcmtk]

Ugg, I kinda had a feeling I grabbed this one from you Dave.
My apologies. If I ever want to let it go, you will be the first person I think of.

Don

No worries, I have a Larsen Copenhagen sandblasted example of shape 49.

 

[tg51]

I see it now. I was thinking Penguin.

I was thinking ugly duckling walking around with just its head and feet sticking out

 

[dmcmtk]

I was thinking ugly duckling walking around with just its head and feet sticking out

No, the Duck was a different shape!



This one actually belongs to a member here. Pictures are from Cooks Fine Pipeworks.

 

[mikethompson]

I was thinking it looked egg shaped! Your title would have still worked.

 

[scloyd]

I like it...a lot! ?

 

[didimauw]

Cool pipe! The little feet kind of weird me out, in a creepy baby alien kind of way, but I love the shape otherwise.

I also thought creepy baby alien feet. Like it's guna run off by itself!

 

[alaskanpiper]

I also thought creepy baby alien feet. Like it's guna run off by itself!

Haha right? Or you'll come back to the pipe rack and it will have moved, with new smirking grains in the birdseye....

 

[dmcmtk]

The idea was, it will stand on its own vertically.

 

[didimauw]

Haha right? Or you'll come back to the pipe rack and it will have moved, with new smirking grains in the birdseye....

It is October after all....haha

 

[cshubhra]

Cool Pipe!

 

[dmcmtk]

So you outbid me Don! Fair play to you. A very nice, later W.O. Larsen example of the Walrus. Most likely made by Teddy Knudsen. The earlier ones have the "rounded" tusks/feet, the later ones the "pointed" style. Supposedly they were all made by either Sven or Teddy Knudsen. Again, from Rob Cooper, "There were even two series of the numbered pipes, as the production facility suffered a fire and the master shapes had to be re-carved!"

I'm going to add Former to what I said above. Note the differences between this pipe, and the pipe in the OP. Catalog shapes, handmade pipes.