Dunhill: Cumberland (4102) (2024) Tobacco Pipe

Dunhill's "02" bent Billiard is a design that's survived since the 1930s, and it's easy to see why it's retained such popularity over the years: Stretched of stem, with a gentle, swooping S-curve, yet defined by a firm heel and stately bowl, it's a piece that exudes elegance and poise, the perfect jaw-hanger with an unmatched in-hand posture. In this particular Group 4 offering, the English marque presents it in the rugged 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."