English Estates: Dunhill Alpine Cumberland Cavalier (HT) (XXL) (2017) (Unsmoked) Tobacco Pipe

Presented in a richly appointed soft case, this lengthy Cavalier by Dunhill is an elegant piece that places a Cutty-like bowl on a briar shank and moisture cap, with a long, lithe vulcanite middle section that finishes in a comfortably bent saddle stem. Dressed in Dunhill's Cumberland finish, the stummel offers plenty of texture in earthy brown hues. While most Cumberland pipes have stems of brindled vulcanite, Dunhill has opted for a classic, jet-black stem in this example.

When Alfred Dunhill released his patented Shell Briar, he forever changed the pipe-smoking world at large. Dunhill has often been credited with being the first to offer sandblasted pipes (arguably the most popular finish today), and the Cumberland finish further displayed Dunhill's innovative spirit. Well received after its release in 1979, the Cumberland series was named for the English marque's warehouse on Cumberland road, and the line's signature, brindled vulcanite stem became so iconic, the warmly striated material is now referred to simply as "cumberland."