Dunhill: Root Briar Billiard (DR****) (2021) Tobacco Pipe

This thoroughly traditional Billiard from Dunhill, rendered in palm-filling proportions, is a stunning example of the top-quality briar and keen-eyed shaping that have made the English marque beloved for generations. A muscular rendition of the shape chart standard, the larger stummel gives the spotlight to the briar's natural grain. Dressed in Dunhill's light Root Briar stain, this pipe boasts tight striations of flame grain in abundance. The balanced composition of the pipe, with its tapered vulcanite stem, ensure that this pipe is both a beauty to be behold and pipe to be smoked. An exceptionally rare piece, this Root Briar has received the coveted Dead Root designation, with no less than four stars to indicate the impeccable briar.

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.