Chacom Reverse Calabash Orange Smooth Apple Briar Pipe, New

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.

Despite the complicated-sounding name, reverse calabash systems are actually very simple—so simple, in fact, that it’s a surprise it took so long for someone to invent them. See, in a traditional calabash, the chamber sits atop a much larger bowl, and smoke from the chamber is able to cool and dry out as it passes through the larger bowl cavity underneath. In a reverse calabash, the widened cavity is located in the shank, meaning you can get much of the benefit of a traditional calabash without carrying around something that is both far smaller and far more amenable to classic and modern briar pipe designs. This is Chacom’s version, presented in a light, orange stain, that shows off plenty of lovely flame grain.

 

Details:

Length: 4.6″ / 116.8mm

Bowl Width: 0.77 / 19.55mm

Bowl Depth: 1.26″ / 32.00mm

Weight: 1.7oz / 50g