Butz Choquin Millesime 2001 Partially Rusticated Dublin Estate Briar Pipe, French Estates

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.  

The Millesime functioned as Butz-Choquin’s version of a “pipe of the year,” being released annually and in strictly limited numbers. The tradition began in the 1980s and continued until at least the early 2020s, with each being a unique design that was also often a little outside of the norm for a Butz-Choquin pipe. This 2001 iteration, for example, has a very interesting shaping, reminiscent of certain Danish horn and Dublin renditions, such as those of Tom Eltang.

The condition is very good. Some scratches on the rim.

Details:

Length: 5.9″ / 149.86mm

Bowl Width: 0.84 / 21.33mm

Bowl Depth: 1.76″ / 44.70mm

Weight: 2.0oz / 58g