Chacom Artisan 412 Smooth Panel Shank Dublin Estate Briar Pipe, Unsmoked

Description

Chacom is one of France’s most historic and iconic makes. Its founders, the Comoy family, began their career as boxwood pipe-makers in the early 1800s, before briar had even been discovered, with Henri Comoy (of Comoy’s fame) emigrating to England in 1879 and founding the country’s first briar pipe factory. In 1922, Henri and his nephews, the Chapuis, founded the Chapuis Comoy pipe factory in Saint-Claude, France, which shortly after began producing pipes bearing the partnered families’ names—‘Cha’ for Chapuis, and ‘Com’ for Comoy. Chacom has been the biggest name in French pipes ever since.

Chacom’s Artisan series is an interesting one. While it hasn’t been in production for a long time, from what I’ve been able to gather, it was a series of more unorthodox shapes, each paired with a hand-cut stem and completed by an ivory-hued accent. This one is a panel-shank Dublin rendition, for example, with a deep, garnet-red finish.

This pipe is completely unsmoked, with an original bowl coating. It comes with its original (slightly time-worn) box and sleeve. As with many older Chacom pipes, this one includes a stinger, though it is threaded for removal if preferred.

Details:

Length: 5.8″ / 147.3mm

Bowl Width: 0.86 / 21.84mm

Bowl Depth: 1.64″ / 41.65mm

Weight: 2.0oz / 58g