Brebbia Triade Smooth Rhodesian 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.

It would appear that Brebbia’s Triade line has not been manufactured for many years, if not longer. This leaves me in the position of having to guess as to why it got its name, though in this instance I do have a hunch. After all, triade is Italian for “triad,” i.e., something composed of three parts. And what do we have here? a bowl, a briar shank extension, and a stem. That makes three. Or, perhaps it’s the three acrylic bands between the bowl and extension just mentioned. That’s three again. Two triads—perhaps there’s a third one hiding in there somewhere. Guessing games aside, it is a very nice Brebbia, with a distinct design, light in weight for easy clenching, and with some nice grain as well. Then again, rarely am I disappointed by the Buzzi family’s output.

The condition is very good. Some inner rim darkening and perhaps a slight over-reaming of the chamber.

Details:

Length: 5.2″ / 132.0mm

Bowl Width: 0.87 / 22.09mm

Bowl Depth: 1.28″ / 32.51mm

Weight: 1.1oz / 34g