Vauen Stone 04 Smooth Bent Apple Estate Briar Pipe, Unsmoked, 9mm

Description

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.

From what I can tell, the Stone line from Vauen is out of production, but, as evinced by the white dot, or weißer Punkt, on its stem (not to be confused with Dunhill’s White Spot), it was one of Vauen’s high end lines. This is also fairly evident from the pipe itself; it’s a beautiful dress pipe, with a dark brown stain, a jet black  stem, and what may well be a band of some kind of stone (it actually reminds me of natural, unpolished amber), sandwiched between two silver rings. While the stain is dark brown, it is light enough to let the briar’s natural grain patterns shine through, with some great flame grain swirling around the bowl.

This Vauen is 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: 5.5″ / 139.7mm

Bowl Width: 0.79 / 20.06mm

Bowl Depth: 1.61″ / 40.89mm

Weight: 2.1oz / 60g