Christmas Pipe 2012 County (4134) (42/300) Tobacco Pipe

For 2012's rendition of the limited-edition Christmas Pipe, Dunhill continues their "Nutcracker Suite" theme. This year the pipe is a fine Group 4 straight Brandy, offered in the County finish with a light sandblast, beautiful cumberland stem, a gorgeous scroll-work-etched sterling silver band. As before, the presentation comes in a leather-bound case designed in the style of a heavy volume of The Nutcracker and the Mouse King. And of course, as before, the presentation also comes with a special tamper, this time around a cast sterling silver tamper representing home of the fictional work's Stahlbaum family, based off of the historical architecture of Frankfurt's Romer Platz, where the city's annual Christmas market is held to this day.

- Eric N. Squires