Chacom Volute Smooth Cobra 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.

For those that don’t know, Chacom has a long history of partnering with outside designers to produce their more unique lines of pipes, from Denmark’s Tom Eltang to France’s own Pierre Morel Jr. The Volute line, to which this pipe belongs, was Chacom’s first partnership with an outside designer, Claude Robin, in 1996. While still in Chacom’s portfolio, the Volute line is produced in far fewer quantities than many other Chacom lines, making getting one’s hand on them—at least, in the shape and finish one wishes—quite difficult. This is partly because the Volute is one of Chacom’s higher end pipes, featuring hand cut stems. Additionally, while Volute pipes are still made, this variant, featuring a briar bowl spliced to a red acrylic shank and stem, appears not to be.

This pipe is completely unsmoked, with an original bowl coating. It features a stinger that can be unscrewed if its use is not preferred.

Details:

Length: 6″ / 152.4mm

Bowl Width: 0.77 / 19.55mm

Bowl Depth: 1.53″ / 38.86mm

Weight: 2.1oz / 62g