Dunhill: Shell Briar Quaint Bent Dublin with Silver (5) (2021) Tobacco Pipe

Although Dunhill usually crafts pipes from their iconic shape chart, their Quaint series embraces creative shaping and outside-the-box pipes. This bent Dublin features a pert, flared bowl and a well-bent shank-and-stem arrangement that meet at a sweeping transition, which has a flattened underside, altering the gestural profile and making this pipe a stable Sitter. A lengthy saddle stem allows for comfortable jaw-hanging and grants this pipe a gracile silhouette, and it's dressed in the crisp sandblast of the Shell Briar series and accented with a silver band.

The Shell Briar's addition to the Dunhill catalog was a pivotal moment in pipe-smoking history. Before 1917, pipes with sandblasted finishes had never been made, and Alfred Dunhill's innovative mind created arguably the most popular finish for pipes today when he unveiled the Shell Briar. With its dark, reserved color palette and delightful texture, it's no surprise that it's still wildly popular over a century later.