Chacom Select Straight Grain Sandblasted Billiard Estate Briar Pipe, Unsmoked, 9mm

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.

Similarly to how Italians use “Fiammata,” French pipe makers use “Flame Grain” and “Straight Grain” to refer both to vertical grain patterns of that type, as well as horizontal ones. Ring grain is also more or less “straight,” after all, albeit from the perspective of a curved plane. Semantics aside, Chacom’s Select grade pipes are some of the company’s finest pipes, made by hand and typically sold at a premium relative to their other (already excellent) briars. Select Straight Grain pipes are even pricier (and rarer), but this reflects both the singular quality of the briar and the 100 years of expertise Chacom has in pipe manufacture. The results, as seen on this ring grain billiard, speak for themselves, I’d say, and are well worth the usual price. However, this pipe is new old stock (or “NOS”), meaning we’re able to make it much gentler on the buyer’s wallet.

As indicated, this pipe is completely unsmoked, with an original bowl coating. It also comes with its original sleeve. It is chambered to accommodate 9mm filters if preferred, and if not, it also comes with its own, original adapter.

 

Details:

Length: 5.8″ / 147.3mm

Bowl Width: 0.90 / 22.86mm

Bowl Depth: 1.82″ / 46.22mm

Weight: 1.6oz / 46g