Vauen 3783 Smooth Volcano Estate Briar Pipe, Unsmoked, 9mm

Description

Vauen stems from Germany’s oldest tobacco pipe manufacturing company, tracing its roots back to the founding partnership of Karl Ellenberger and Carl August Ziener in Nuremberg, 1848. Out of the Ellenberger-Ziener partnership soon came the Vauen make itself, which grew to become Germany’s largest and most enduring pipe brand – a title that it continues to hold to this day.    

I almost kept this Vauen for myself. It’s such a distinct shape – somewhere between a volcano, a poker, and a tankard (or, fittingly, a German beer stein) – and it has a little more going for it than the average Vauen. The pipe has some beautiful bird’s-eye and cross-grain patterns underneath its ruby red stain, as well as a silvery trim at the end of its shank. The rim is also beveled, which I’ve always found to be a nice touch. On a last note, one thing I particularly enjoy about the shaping is that, while the pipe is a sitter, its composition ensures that, while it is sitting on a flat surface, the mouthpiece won’t come into contact with that surface. It’s just another thing not to have to worry about when sat around a table outside, for instance.

This Vauen is completely unsmoked, with a factory-original bowl coating to help ease in its first smokes. It also comes with its original box and sleeve. As with most Vauen pipes, it is chambered for 9mm filters, such as Vauen’s own or Savinelli’s balsa filters. It should also accommodate some variety of adapter for non-filter use, if the user prefers.

 

Details:

Length: 5.2″ / 132.0mm

Bowl Width: 0.79 / 20.06mm

Bowl Depth: 1.41″ / 35.81mm

Weight: 1.9oz / 56g