GBD Sir Jeffrey 1260 Smooth Billiard Estate Briar Pipe, Unsmoked

Description

GBD was one of several prominent examples of a French pipe brand that, due to certain circumstances, became a maker most associated with classic ‘British’ pipes. Founded in 1850 by the French trio Ganneval, Bondier & Donninger, the brand was bought by English company Oppenheimer at the beginning of the 20th century, who opened factories in London and Paris to meet an increasing demand for the make’s high-quality and highly desirable pipes. Partly owing to the make’s inventive, yet traditional shapes, and partly due to the high standards of their production, GBD pipes are particularly coveted by collectors, as well as those who simply appreciate classic, well-made smoking instruments.

As I mentioned in a previous listing, these GBD Sir Jeffrey pipes have a very appealing blood orange sort of hue. And, just as with the last one, that stain works wonderfully on this pipe in bringing out the bird’s-eye and cross grain patterns covering its stummel. This one is a saddle billiard – simple, traditional, elegant – with two brass rings that tie the overall design together wonderfully.

The pipe is also completely unsmoked, with a factory-original bowl coating to help ease in its first smokes.

Details:

Length: 6″ / 152.4mm

Bowl Width: 0.82 / 20.82mm

Bowl Depth: 1.48″ / 37.59mm

Weight: 1.5oz / 44g