Chacom Volute Smooth Horn 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. This is the Rhodesian variant and, while the stummel is all briar, the shank has been stained jet-black to match the pipe’s stem, which brings the lightly finished grain patterns of the bowl into even greater relief. 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.

This pipe is completely unsmoked, with a factory-original bowl coating. It also comes with its original sleeve. The pipe features a removeable stinger which can be screwed on or off depending on the owner’s preference.

 

Details:

Length: 6″ / 152.4mm

Bowl Width: 0.78 / 19.81mm

Bowl Depth: 1.47″ / 37.33mm

Weight: 2.2oz / 64g