Vauen 3212 Smooth Straight 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.    

Many countries are often associated with a national ‘style’ in pipe-making. England and France are associated with traditional shapes, such as the billiard and the bulldog; Italy is associated with its pebble-dash rustication; Denmark and Japan are associated with the avant-garde, and so on. This is one example of an eminently ‘German’ pipe, to my mind. It is broadly traditional, being ostensibly a straight apple shape, but it is also very round and ‘thick,’ with an extra distinction lent by a subtly faceted shank. As for the standard markers of a nice pipe, this one has very nice grain, with plenty of fiery patterns and bird’s-eyes covering its plump stummel.

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: 5.4″ / 137.1mm

Bowl Width: 0.81 / 20.57mm

Bowl Depth: 1.42″ / 36.06mm

Weight: 2.3oz / 66g