Chacom Corona 427 Smooth Bent Rhodesian Estate Briar Pipe, Unsmoked [SOLD OUT]

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 Corona series is long discontinued, which is a shame. After the events of 2020, I don’t think it’s a series that is likely to return! I jest, of course. The pipe is beautiful, name be damned. It features high-grade briar with an almost virgin stain, a hand cut, amber-hued stem, and two brass rings as adornments.

The pipe is completely unsmoked, which I guess, with a name like it has, is for the best. I’m joking, again, of course. But it is certainly unused. The pipe also comes with its original box and sleeve. As with many Chacom pipes, it comes as standard with a stinger, but the stinger is intended to be easily unscrewed if the owner prefers it without one.

 

Details:

Length: 5.6″ / 142.2mm

Bowl Width: 0.81 / 20.57mm

Bowl Depth: 1.44″ / 36.57mm

Weight: 1.9oz / 56g