Chacom Turbo 918 Smooth Red Pot 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.

Chacom’s Turbo is (or was, as I’m not sure if it’s still in production) what’s sometimes called a “coffee break pipe”—i.e., a compact, super lightweight pipe perfectly suited for shorter smokes, or puffing on the go. Being a Chacom, of course, the aesthetic is also a rather stylish one, pairing, in this instance, a crimson red finish with an ivory-toned acrylic mouthpiece and ferrule.

This pipe is completely unsmoked. It is chambered to allow for the use of 9mm filters if desired.

Details:

Length: 4.9″ / 124.46mm

Bowl Width: 0.82 / 20.82mm

Bowl Depth: 1.13″ / 28.70mm

Weight: 0.9oz / 28g