Dunhill: Cumberland (4905) (2018) Tobacco Pipe

A classic straight Dublin, the "05" from Dunhill is here presented with a Group 4 sized tobacco chamber and Nosewarmer length. It's a strikingly compact piece at just over three and a half inches long, though the Dublin bowl is full sized. In the famous Cumberland finish with its namesake stem, the color palette is consistent, and particularly handsome at the rim, which is smooth with a gentle, curved incline to the tobacco chamber. Almost weightless, this piece is certainly a convenient smoker, easy to slip into a pocket but with the capacity to satisfy any smoking conditions.

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."