Butz Choquin Millesime 2014 Smooth Brandy Estate Briar Pipe, Unsmoked, 9mm

About this pipe:

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, for example, is the 2014 release, a long, panel shank brandy with an exotic wood ferrule (possibly zebrawood from the looks of it, or something similar). This one wears a matte black finish that contrasts nicely with the black and tan tones of its aforementioned accent.

This pipe is completely smoked. It is chambered to accommodate 9mm filters if desired.

Details:

Length: 6.3″ / 160.0mm

Bowl Width: 0.80″ / 20.32mm

Bowl Depth: 1.59″ / 40.38mm

Weight: 2.2oz / 64g