Dunhill: Cumberland (3222) (2023) Tobacco Pipe

Dunhill's "22" Poker is one of the English marque's most streamlined and forthright shapes. The bowl and shank possess congruent lengths, and their similar, cylindrical forms create a crisp right-angle at the transition. Furthermore, the archetypal "22" is an ideal desk pipe, as the bowl's flat underside makes for stable sitting. This particular "22" is fitted to a sleek saddle stem, is rendered in standard Group 3 size, and is dressed in Dunhill's rustic Cumberland finish.

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."