Dunhill: Cumberland (3109) (2019) Tobacco Pipe

This Dunhill "09" Canadian in Group 3 size benefits from a long, sleek, and streamlined form that still remains impressively lightweight. As such, it's a pipe that makes a statement while being comfortably clenched and maintains the English brand's iconic, industry-defining shaping style. Numerous other makers have looked to Dunhill as the standard bearer of traditional proportions and shaping. That classic style is on display in this Cumberland piece and is finished in a dark, crisply textured sandblast.

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."