English Estates: Dunhill Cumberland Quaint Rhodesian (2) (2018) Tobacco Pipe

This specific Rhodesian rendition doesn't conform to Dunhill's standard version of the form, thus its designation in the Quaint line. In Group 2 size, this pipe poises a bulb-like bowl on the end of a slender shank and sleekly elongated stem. A slight bend lends the profile regal, Prince-like air, and it presents a consistent color palette with the Cumberland series' crisp, earthy sandblast and eponymous stem material.

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."