G.V.G. Sandblasted Full Bent Billiard Estate Briar Pipe, French Estates

Description

This pipe has quite a story behind it, and that’s before we even get to the striking design. See, G.V.G. stands for Georges Vincent Genod, who was a French pipe-maker in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In 1970, his grandson, Jacky Craen, created the pipe brand Genod, named for Georges and the dynasty of pipe-makers to which both belonged. The G.V.G. pipe was another creation of Jacky Craen, but there was a twist when it came to the stummels. These stummels had been turned around the turn of the 20th century, only being rediscovered by Craen in Georges’ Saint-Claude workshop almost a century later. And what do you do when you find boxes of well-seasoned, unfinished pipes from days gone by? You finish them, of course, which is what Craen did. As these were largely Georges’ work, the pipes were not stamped with the modern Genod brand name, but with Georges’ initials, G.V.G.

This one is a very traditional design, one that has been all but lost to time, in part because creating such a steep bend in the shank requires specialized, curved drilling.

The condition is fair. Rim darkening and a superficial scrape on the front of the bowl (pictured).

 

Details:

Length: 6.3″ / 160.0mm

Bowl Width: 0.78 / 19.81mm

Bowl Depth: 1.61″ / 40.89mm

Weight: 1.9oz / 56g