Chacom Verlaine 898 Smooth Canadian 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.

The Verlaine series has not been sold by Chacom for decades, to my knowledge, which is evinced by the decidedly retro, original box this one came with. I know I say this a lot, but it is a shame the Verlaine, like to many beautiful pipes, has been lost to time. On the other hand, here we are, with a pristine, unsmoked Verlaine Canadian on my desk. The finish is quite gorgeous, and the stem is hand-cut, jet black vulcanite, which works perfectly in creating this superlatively classy pipe. One last thing I particularly like about this one is the slight forward cant of the bowl, which harks back to a time in the earliest days of pipe-making, where bowls were canted in order to accommodate the style of lathe used to turn briar.

As noted, this pipe is completely unsmoked.

 

Details:

Length: 6″

Bowl Width: 21.5mm

Bowl Depth: 1.7″

Weight: 1.4oz / 42g