Brebbia Naif 1376 Sandblasted Dublin (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.

Brebbia’s Naif series is a somewhat unusual one. It is characterized by a small collection of distinctive shapes that, at first, appear to be freeform, but which are in fact very specific in design. They could be likened to an hourglass in terms of the contours of their bowls, which is intended to make Naif pipes both interesting in aesthetic and highly practical as far as chamber capacity and hand-feel go.

This one looks to be an older iteration of the Naif, with a rugged, reddish-brown sandblasted finish and a vulcanite—rather than the contemporary acrylic—mouthpiece.

The condition is fair. Rim darkening, some finish fading, and chamber slightly over-reamed.

Details:

Length: 6.2″ / 157.4mm

Bowl Width: 0.91 / 23.11mm

Bowl Depth: 1.57″ / 39.87mm

Weight: 1.6oz / 48g