Ropp: Vintage Superior Smooth (275P) Tobacco Pipe

The "275" design is one of Ropp's classic Billiard renditions, offering sleek proportions and an overall classic demeanor. The "275P" version maintains those characteristics but features a paneled bowl and more elongated stem. Such variations add a sense of architectural structure in hand while also accentuating the stummel's already svelte lines, aptly fulfilling the storied French marque's reputation for streamlined, elegant, and lightweight interpretations of shape-chart classic.

Sourced from old stummels found at the Chapuis-Comoy factory, Ropp's Vintage line presents old-school, classic designs that were turned decades ago but never finished. This Superior piece is commended further, having been fashioned from select-quality, fill-free briar and is here dressed in a smooth, auburn stain. It's fitted with a stem of genuine horn, hearkening back to the style of mouthpieces from the early 1900s and accentuating the vintage motif to make for a thoroughly retro aesthetic.