Chacom Alize 66 Smooth Liverpool Estate Briar Pipe, Unsmoked

Description

Chacom is one of France’s most historic and iconic makes. Its founders, the Comoy family, began their career as boxwood pipe-makers in the early 1800s, before briar had even been discovered, with Henri Comoy (of Comoy’s fame) emigrating to England in 1879 and founding the country’s first briar pipe factory. In 1922, Henri and his nephews, the Chapuis, founded the Chapuis Comoy pipe factory in Saint-Claude, France, which shortly after began producing pipes bearing the partnered families’ names – ‘Cha’ for Chapuis, and ‘Com’ for Comoy. Chacom has been the biggest name in French pipes ever since.

The Alize is another of Chacom’s series that is sadly long discontinued. From what I’ve been able to research, it featured reserved, timeless designs, with dark brown stains, vulcanite stems, and briar rings inlaid into the stem. Curiously, the series also seems to have featured inner tubes, similar to Dunhill, promising a cooler, dryer smoke.

This Alize is completely unsmoked. There are some minor handling marks, presumably from when it was first displayed.

 

Details:

Length: 6″ / 152.4mm

Bowl Width: 0.78 / 19.81mm

Bowl Depth: 1.44″ / 36.57mm

Weight: 1.1oz / 32g