Brebbia Stand Up 2863 Sandblasted Bent Billiard Sitter (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 Stand Up line is comprised exclusively of sitter renditions—i.e., shapes that can be easily set down when the situation demands it, staying upright without the need of a pipe rest or the like. This one, Brebbia’s shape “2863,” even manages to make a sitter out of a 3/4 bent billiard—an impressive feat of pipe engineering if I ever saw one.

The condition is good. Some rim darkening and finish fading.

Details:

Length: 5.5″ / 139.7mm

Bowl Width: 0.86 / 21.844mm

Bowl Depth: 1.57″ / 39.87mm

Weight: 1.7oz / 50g