English Estates: Dunhill Root Briar (56) (F/T) (4) (R) (1967) Tobacco Pipe

Dunhill's bent Billiard renditions are nothing short of classics, with their sinuous forms being influential enough to inspire shape charts from around the world. This "56" is a striking example of the shape that brings to mind the White Spot's iconic "LC" profile thanks to its high-kicking combination of shank and stem, poising it for comfortable smoking. The transition leaves plenty of room to drape a digit here, and the lifted combination here lends the silhouette a poised, graceful demeanor sure to appeal to enthusiasts of classic Anglo-French pipes. Up front, the plump bowl sits atop a rounded heel and grows curvaceous walls that taper gently toward the rim, its surfaces providing ample space to showcase the warm stain of the Root Briar finish.

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.