Brebbia MPB Naif 7013 Rusticated Dublin 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.

Within Brebbia’s catalog, “MPB” is a designation used to refer to lines with historic significance for the workshop. As the abbreviation for the workshop’s original name, Manifattura Pipe Brebbia, MPB pipes are re-imaginings of designs that hold a special place in Brebbia’s cumulative portfolio. The Naif, with its distinctive, hourglass Dublin shaping, is one of these designs, seen here dressed in Brebbia’s signature Rocciata rustication and joined with an amber-like acrylic stem and sterling silver collar.

The condition is excellent. Smoked, but only a few times. The pipe is chambered to allow for the use of 9mm filters, whether of the activated charcoal, meerschaum, or balsa variety, or indeed a reducer for unfiltered use.

 

Details:

Length: 6″ / 152.4mm

Bowl Width: 0.91 / 23.11mm

Bowl Depth: 1.47″ / 37.33mm

Weight: 1.4oz / 40g