Chacom Churchill 851 Sandblasted Brandy w/ Brass 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.

It is no secret that Winston Churchill was a great fan of “Vitamin N,” and though he also famously preferred sticks over pipes, Chacom chose, nonetheless, to honor him with a line of pipes bearing his name (he did lead the British side of the liberation of France, after all). The intention by Chacom regarding the design of the Churchill line was to create something classic and classy, pairing traditional, Anglo-French shapes with a warm, brown finish, a tortoiseshell acrylic mouthpiece, and a bright brass accent. This one is a sandblasted variation of the fittingly stout “851” brandy, with a large bowl and a chamber almost as deep as Churchill’s own snifters.

This pipe is completely unsmoked, with an original bowl coating. It comes with its original packaging.

Details:

Length: 5.8″ / 147.3mm

Bowl Width: 0.83 / 21.08mm

Bowl Depth: 1.78″ / 45.21mm

Weight: 1.8oz / 52g