Brebbia Lido Root Briar 100 Rusticated Billiard (Unsmoked Estate)

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.

The great Italian pipe makers have long understood, perhaps more than any other nation, that rustication is an art in its own right. Since at least the 1940s, Italian artisans, workshops, and factories have sought to perfect tactile finishes that can be wedded seamlessly with classical and neoclassical forms. Varese’s Brebbia workshop employs a variety of high-end rustication styles in its pipes, such as the Dune Buggy, the Lido, and the Rocciata.

This Brebbia wears a light tan variant of the old Lido Root Briar, a sharp and craggy finish evoking the jagged edge of a shoreline rock face.

This pipe is completely unsmoked, with an original bowl coating.

Details:

Length: 6.21″ / 157.7mm

Chamber Width: 0.84″ / 21.33mm

Chamber Depth: 1.90″ / 48.26mm

Bowl Height: 2.20″ / 55.88mm

Weight: 2.3oz / 64g