Brebbia 839 Rusticated Brandy Estate Briar Pipe, Italian Estates, 9mm

Description

Named for the company’s home township, Brebbia was founded in 1953 by Enea Buzzi, an alum of Savinelli’s manufacturing division. Still in operation 70 years later, Brebbia is one of Italy’s oldest extant pipe companies, with production still being undertaken using simple lathes and traditional methods of hand finishing. More recently, Brebbia has also collaborated with master artisan carvers from across to design some of its pipes, such as Denmark’s Rainer Barbi, Germany’s Otto Pollner and Holger Frickert, Italy’s Fausto Fincato, and Japan’s Tsuge.

Not unlike Castello and its Old Sea Rock line, Brebbia has a long history of making pipes with the kinds of fumed, brick red rusticated finish seen here. At one point it was called the Dune Buggy, and this may be an example of that line from some point in time (Brebbia’s nomenclature is often quite minimalistic), though it may also simply be from a different line with that same finish. Either way, it looks great, especially with a properly gnarly, jagged texturing—something Brebbia excels at.

The condition is great. Some rim darkening, but it’s not especially noticeable, given the type of finish used. This pipe is chambered to allow for the use of 9mm filters if desired.

Details:

Length: 5.8″ / 147.32mm

Bowl Width: 0.77 / 19.55mm

Bowl Depth: 1.76″ / 44.70mm

Weight: 1.8oz / 52g