Brindle Billiard with Silver (XX) (2026) Tobacco Pipe

Founded in 1983 by William "Bill" Ashton-Taylor, who worked as a Dunhill apprentice, the Ashton workshop is lauded for its incredibly high standards of quality and mastery of classic English design principles. Jimmy Craig currently heads the company, having taken up the mantle after Bill's passing in 2009. Since then, he has sustained the Ashton legacy by steadfastly following the founder's philosophy of equally prioritizing all parts of the pipe and utilizing only the best materials and most pristine finishing.

This Brindle Billiard from Ashton features some of Jimmy Craig's excellent silverwork, with a raised, geometric band of the cool, gleaming metal adorning the junction between shank and stem. Said stem earns this pipe its namesake, being brindled with countless khaki-colored swirls against a dark backdrop. A dark, crisp sandblast dresses the stummel, making the perfect textural and tonal complement to the stem. In terms of shaping, this is a clean, precise piece, with the bowl taking a steady, measured taper toward the rim and poised pertly at the fore of a crisply rectangular shank. The flat underside of the shank carries over into the bowl's heel, allowing the pipe to remain steadily upright without the aid of a stand.