Design Berlin Strassbourg Smooth Ball Estate Briar Pipe Unsmoked, 9mm

Description

Design Berlin is, as the name suggests, a German pipe-making company – and is in fact the second best-selling German pipe make after Vauen. Founded in 1948 as Pfeifenstudio Hartmann by Hubert Hartmann, the company adopted the name Design Berlin and the lowercase ‘db’ logo in 1975 as part of a modernization push.

This particular Design Berlin comes from the Strassbourg series, a limited edition series from several years back. As can be seen here, the series combined a light brown, almost strawberry blonde, finish with a smoky acrylic accent and a black acrylic stem. This one is a very German ball shape, with a broad, full bowl in proportion to its flared-saddle stem. It also features excellent flame grain. As a Design Berlin pipe, the stem features a twin bore system, sort of like Radice does on some of their pipes.

This limited edition Design Berlin is completely unsmoked, with a factory-original bowl coating to help ease the break-in process. It is chambered for 9mm filters as standard, but may accommodate an adapter of some variety.

 

Details:

Length: 5.5″ / 139.7mm

Bowl Width: 0.80 / 20.32mm

Bowl Depth: 1.39″ / 35.30mm

Weight: 1.8oz / 52g