Kiko 11 Leather Wrapped Meerschaum Lined Estate Briar Pipe, Other Estates

Description

Kiko was a brand of pipes produced by the Kilimanjaro Pipe Company, a pipe company based in what is now Tanganyika in the United Republic of Tanzania. Kiko pipes were made from what is commonly known as African meerschaum, a denser variety of the mineral than its Turkish counterpart. Unfortunately, the last African meerschaum pipes were produced many decades ago, as the material is no longer mined. It should go without saying that this makes such pipes quite rare to come by.   

Leather-wrapped pipes are pretty rare these days, being something of a fad in the mid-20th century, but they nonetheless hold a certain charm. There are functional reasons for having such a sleeve, such as heat dispersion and added protection for the pipe’s stummel, but they also simply add an extra layer—pun intended—to the pipe’s overall design, one that calls back to another world, in another time.

The condition is very good. Some minor scratches in the chamber.

 

Details:

Length: 6.3″ / 160.0mm

Bowl Width: 0.64 / 16.25mm

Bowl Depth: 1.33″ / 33.78mm

Weight: 1.1oz / 34g