Chacom Smooth Billiard w/ Silver Estate Briar Pipe, Unsmoked, 9mm

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.

No one does billiards quite like the French. It was, after all, the French who first made pipes out of briar, and the billiard—what they also call the néogène—is considered something of a “founding shape” in the history of French briars. And while France’s Chacom has ventured into more modern designs over the last 50 years, the billiard has remained a staple in its output, being turned by master craftsmen in the pipe making Mecca of Saint-Claude. This one is a very classical rendition of around group 4 size, having been cross-cut to show off a wealth of bird’s-eye around its bowl, and is accented with a silver collar for that extra touch of elegance.

This pipe is completely unsmoked. It is chambered to allow for the use of 9mm filters if desired. Some very minor handling marks, though nothing major.

Details:

Length: 5.9″ / 149.8mm

Bowl Width: 0.80 / 20.32mm

Bowl Depth: 1.55″ / 39.37mm

Weight: 1.4oz / 42g