Dunhill: Ruby Bark (4113) (2023) Tobacco Pipe

While many of Dunhill's shapes maintain their form and proportions across the English marque's various Group sizes, the "13" bent Apple takes on an Egg-like appearance at the larger end of the size spectrum. Traditionally, in Group sizes 1-3, the "13" presents as a squat, rounded shape, but in plump Group 4 size, the design possesses a tall bowl with a wide, plump heel that tapers gradually up to the rim. Nonetheless, the shape is rather handsome, offering a stellar in hand presence and boasting a fittingly capacious tobacco chamber. Here, the gleaming silver accent and the rugged, ruby-hued sandblast of the Ruby Bark series lend the design a fetching color palette.

Dunhill's Ruby Bark finish is one that's gone through a fairly extensive evolution since its inception in 1972. It began as the Redbark and has always remained a red-stained sandblast, but the color was brightened a few years after its introduction before Dunhill returned to the original, darker hue in 1976. Eventually, though, the Redbark was discontinued in 1987. After a hiatus of several decades, the same ruby-stained sandblast was reimagined in the form of today's Ruby Bark finish, adding to the rich, crisp aesthetic accents of sterling silver for a colorful presentation that still retains a high level of formality.