Chacom Baccara 185 Smooth Billiard 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.

Named for the only card game I’m smart enough to play, Chacom’s Baccara has gone through a number of iterations through the years. This looks to be an older model, though one no less beautiful than the others I’ve seen. Wearing a sienna stain and featuring a hand cut translucent acrylic stem, it’s a little reminiscent of the old GBD pipes, but at the same time more modern. The shape is a very classic billiard, though, approaching the stout proportions of France’s signature Maigret billiard.

This pipe is completely unsmoked with an original bowl coating.

 

Details:

Length: 5.6″ / 142.2mm

Bowl Width: 0.79 / 20.06mm

Bowl Depth: 1.49″ / 37.84mm

Weight: 1.6oz / 46g