Chacom Millennium Smooth Horn 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.

Chacom’s Millennium series was a limited edition set of pipes released yearly in the 2000s. They were designed by Yves Grenard, who was Chacom’s director from 1971 to 2007, and who also happened to be an important figure in France’s Confrérie des Maîtres-Pipiers (roughly: ‘Brotherhood of Master Pipe-makers’). This Millennium model is a beautiful Dublin-horn hybrid, one covered in bird’s-eye grain and a natural, light brown stain.

Remarkably, this Millennium is completely unsmoked, with an original bowl coating from Chacom’s workshop to help ease in its first smokes. It also comes with its original presentation tube and sleeve.

 

Details:

Length: 6″

Bowl Width: 20.0mm

Bowl Depth: 1.4″

Weight: 1.9oz / 56g