Butz Choquin Maitre Pipier Special Smooth Billiard Estate Briar Pipe, French Estates
$170.00
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Description
With its origins in an 1858 collaboration between Jean-Baptiste Choquin and Gustave Butz, Butz-Choquin ultimately become one of the premier smoking pipe companies in 20th century France. The brand is known both for its stylish variations on traditional English-French shapes and for its exploration of atypical and elaborate finishes. The brand is also known for its collaborations with celebrated French pipe-makers, such as Paul Lanier and Alain Albuisson, who made some of Butz-Choquin’s highest-grade pipes for the company.
Butz-Choquin made great, reliable factory briars in the grand old French tradition. But they also offered entirely hand-made pieces, including the Maître-Pipier series. Maître-Pipier is French for “master pipe-maker,” and Butz-Choquin weren’t kidding with this designation, as these pipes were made by genuine masters—who were, of course, the aforementioned Lanier and Albuisson. Sometimes these Maître-Pipier models were also graded, such as with qualifications like Deluxe, Extra, or Special. This would be an example of the latter, and it’s hard to argue with that extra distinction. The straight grain on this bent Dublin is fantastic, with a good part of its bowl adorned with “angel hair” patterns that glow beneath its light, natural stain. This is further accentuated by the pipe’s acrylic ferrule, whose amber tones resonate with the bowl as if it was some kind of visual tuning fork.
The condition is great. Very minor inner rim darkening and handling marks.
Details:
Length: 6″ / 152.4mm
Bowl Width: 0.84 / 21.33mm
Bowl Depth: 1.53″ / 38.86mm
Weight: 1.6oz / 46g
Additional information
Weight | 15 oz |
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Condition | Used |
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Notes | Restored. |