Dunhill: Cumberland (5226) (2021) Tobacco Pipe

Dunhill's iconic "26" Hungarian is offered here in bold Group 5 size. Known for it's deep bend, the effortless clench it affords balances out the robust size for an easy jaw-hanging piece of hearty chamber depth. It's one of those shapes that, while imposing, maintains an elegant flow of line — the S-curve markedly distinct, curling through the heel and up the cylindrical bowl, and matched by the dramatically upward flicking transition. For a ruddy and rugged color palette, this one's presented in the earthy stain and eponymous stem of the Cumberland series.

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."