English Estates: Dunhill Root Briar (4112) (2008) Tobacco Pipe

A shape with two forms, Dunhill's "12" Stack can either represent The White Spot's historic "Windshield" pipe, with the aft side of the rim scooped out and the fore acting as a windscreen, or it can reveal a classic Chimney as presented here. This piece from 2008 displays the shape-chart standard's characteristically tall Billiard bowl, offering ample chamber depth, and it's dressed in the marque's prestigious Root Briar finish, highlighting handsome grain in an auburn stain.

The highest honor for a Dunhill pipe is to receive the prestigious Root Briar appellation. Root Briars have been coveted by pipe smokers ever since they first debuted in 1931, due to the fact that each pipe must boast briar completely free of even the most minor of blemishes. Dunhill has the strictest of standards and expectations for quality with all of their pipes, and so any block of briar that comes to bear the Root Briar stamp must indeed be superlative.