Vauen McRooty 10 Smooth Bent Apple Estate Briar Pipe, Unsmoked, 9mm

About this pipe:

Vauen stems from Germany’s oldest tobacco pipe manufacturing company, tracing its roots back to the founding partnership of Karl Ellenberger and Carl August Ziener in Nuremberg, 1848. Out of the Ellenberger-Ziener partnership soon came the Vauen make itself, which grew to become Germany’s largest and most enduring pipe brand – a title that it continues to hold to this day.

I quite like this McRooty from Vauen. I don’t know who McRooty is, but the design of this one reminds me a little of some of Stanwell’s pipes, especially those designed by Nanna Ivarsson. It’s compact, plump, nicely grained, and has a touch of silver and blue by way of decoration. As evinced by the white dot, or weißer Punkt, on its stem (not to be confused with Dunhill’s White Spot), the McRooty is one of Vauen’s higher end lines, most of which are only sold in Europe, normally. I can see why it earned this honor.

This Vauen is also completely unsmoked, with a factory-original bowl coating to help ease in its first smokes. It also comes with its original box and sleeve. As with most Vauen pipes, it is chambered for 9mm filters, such as Vauen’s own or Savinelli’s balsa filters. It should also accommodate some variety of adapter for non-filter use, if the user prefers.

Details:

Length: 5″ / 127mm

Bowl Width: 0.78 / 19.8mm

Bowl Depth: 1.49″ / 37.8mm

Weight: 2.5oz / 72g