English Estates: Ashton Pebble Grain Dublin (LX) (1996) Tobacco Pipe

Dated to 1996, this LX-sized Dublin from Ashton is a particularly stout and muscular rendition of the shape-chart standard, with a tall, flaring bowl paired to a boxy shank and a thick, tapered mouthpiece. The bowl houses a chamber over two inches deep within its thick insulating walls, ensuring plenty of long, leisurely smoking sessions. The paneled shank matches the robustness of the bowl and provides a fine sense of balance to the composition, along with the vulcanite stem. The craggy, dark Pebble Grain sandblast dresses the stummel and accentuates a dense field of birdseye across the right flank of the bowl.