Chacom Reverse Calabash Matte Brown Smooth Apple 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 Reverse Calabash line is comprised exclusively of pipes with reverse calabash systems. For those who don’t know, a reverse calabash is essentially a widened chamber within the shank, whose extra volume allows smoke to cool and dry as it passes through it, following the same principle of a traditional calabash, where the hollowed section is within the main, gourd body of the pipe. As can be seen with this one, a great advantage of such a system is being able to create a much smaller, more pocket-friendly design while reaping much the same benefits—and with the added bonus of good briar grain, too.

This pipe is completely unsmoked, with an original bowl coating.

Details:

Length: 5″ / 127mm

Bowl Width: 0.79 /20.06mm

Bowl Depth: 1.27″ / 32.25mm

Weight: 1.6oz / 48g