English Estates: Dunhill County Quaint Bent Dublin (4) (2017) Tobacco Pipe

Belonging to their Quaint series, denoting pipes that fall outside of Dunhill's traditional shape chart, this bent Dublin maintains the gentle flare often associated with the shape, but with a pronounced and softly rounded heel reminiscent of an Acorn. Coming out of the low-slung transition that accentuates the height of the bowl, the shank makes a slight upturn before being outpaced by the tapered stem, itself making a firm downturn, which should provide quite the comfortable smoking position. Dressed in the rustic County sandblast and paired to a cumberland stem, this piece strikes quite the fetching profile.

Like the Cumberland finish, Dunhill's County line pairs rich, cumberland stems with delightfully textured sandblasts. Typically, County pieces wear a lighter stain, often falling between the Cumberland and Tanshell hues, and since its introduction in 1986, with only a brief hiatus, the County remains stalwart within Dunhill's portfolio, especially desired by lovers of brindled vulcanite and warm sandblasts.