Karl Erik Ottendahl helped bring the expressive Danish handmade style to a wider audience, producing individually shaped pipes at prices below the elite Copenhagen workshops. This example is stamped Handmade in Denmark and graded 3, with a long six-inch profile and a moderately sized chamber. Karl used ascending from 4 to 1. This pipe has the relaxed balance and individuality that made Karl Erik’s work so popular with Danish-pipe collectors. The pipe measures 6.20 inches long, with a 0.75-inch chamber opening and a chamber depth of 1.32 inches. The pipe is stamped “Karl Erik”; “Handmade in Denmark”; “3”.
