Comoy’s Christmas 1977 Smooth Billiard (Estate)

About this pipe:

Comoy’s is a historic brand in pipe making, and possibly the most historic brand in the making of briar pipes. Though originally founded in 1825 by a French family from Saint Claude, France, production of Comoy’s pipes was soon moved to London, England, where it established itself as one of the quintessential English pipe companies.

While Christmas pipes today are more readily associated with Savinelli or Peterson, the great English (or in this case, English-French) makes have been putting out limited edition seasonal offerings for far longer than either. Though, as far as I’m aware, Comoy’s stopped making Christmas pipes in the late-2010s, the make had been producing them since the 1970s at least.

For 1977, Comoy’s annual Christmas pipe was a classic large billiard rendition in the Anglo-French vein, with a deep chamber and, if this one is anything to go by, quite nice grain, too.

The condition is fair. Rim darkening, finish fading, and some small scratches around the bowl.

Details:

Length: 6.2″ / 157.4mm

Bowl Width: 0.88 / 22.35mm

Bowl Depth: 1.72″ / 43.68mm

Weight: 1.4oz / 40g