Brebbia Noce 6010 Smooth Dublin w/ Olivewood Estate Briar Pipe, Italian Estates

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.

While Brebbia today uses the “Noce” appellation, meaning “walnut,” for finishes of various lines, it appears to have once referred to a line in itself, as seen here. The older Noce also appears to have been even more appropriate in its choice of name, with a slighter lighter hue than, say, the modern Sailing Noce, which in this instance brings out a nice amount of bird’s-eye and cross grain.

The condition is good. Some inner rim charring and slight finish fading.

Details:

Length: 5.8″ / 147.3mm

Bowl Width: 0.81 / 20.57mm

Bowl Depth: 1.55″ / 39.37mm

Weight: 1.5oz / 44g