Chacom Baltik 867 Smooth Bent Billiard Estate Briar Pipe, Unsmoked [SOLD OUT]

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.

As you may have guessed, Chacom’s Baltik line was one of pipes with stems made to look like amber – Baltic amber, in fact, hence the name. It’s a beautiful design choice, and one that lends an air of old-world charm to the pipe, especially when paired with the traditional bent billiard shape. But Chacom didn’t simply slap a fancy stem on any old bowl. The stummel itself is a gorgeous example of the exceptional stock of seasoned briar Chacom has access to in its Saint-Claude campus. The bowl positively shines, with bird’s-eye and cross grain swirling around, emphasized by a golden stain.

While the Baltik line has long been out of production at Chacom, this one is, remarkably, completely unsmoked, with an original factory bowl coating to ease in its first smokes. It also comes with its original box and sock.

 

Details:

Length: 5.5″

Bowl Width: 20.5mm

Bowl Depth: 1.5″

Weight: 1.5oz / 44g