Brebbia Collection Smooth Freehand Estate Briar Pipe, Unsmoked

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 Savinelli’s Autograph series, Brebbia’s Collection series is reserved for the workshop’s “freehand” output, with each pipe being hand-shaped and completely unique. And, just like Savinelli’s Autograph series, Collection pipes can be anything from a relatively traditional Dublin rendition to a “freehand” in the established sense of the term, as defined by Danish legends such as Preben Holm and Erik Nording. This is an example of the latter, though it retains an Italian flair by way of its light, natural “Pura” finish. It’s also a deceptively large piece, with an overall length of around 6 and a half inches, but an overall height close to half that.

This pipe is completely unsmoked. A few small scratches on the bowl, though nothing major.

Details:

Length: 6.5″ / 165.1mm

Bowl Width: 0.91 / 23.11mm

Bowl Depth: 2.64″ / 67.05mm

Weight: 5.2oz / 150g