Sandblasted Poker (S2) (2026) Tobacco Pipe

Thomas Manzoni supervised pipe assembly at Chapuis-Comoy for 15 years and remains with the storied French marque, though he has worked his way up to crafting his own complete pipes under the La Bruyere brand. By his own estimation, his greatest strength in pipe making is having worked in Saint-Claude, a veritable hotbed of pipe making for centuries, and he names Dunhill, Tom Eltang, and Pierre Morel as his greatest inspirations. Manzoni trained under Morel and Bruno Nuttens and uses a wide variety of materials in addition to briar — morta, olive wood, horn, and ebonite among them.

This Billiard comes from the first batch of La Bruyeres ever sold by Smokingpipes, and Thomas immediately impresses with this ruby-hued Poker, which he managed to sandblast in lovely, soft waves that don't overwhelm or diminish the flame grain beneath. The stem backing the straight-walled, sitting bowl is quite muscular as it backs up to a tapered stem of black acrylic, a simple and worthy conclusion to this piece. Sure to stand out in any crowd of Pokers, this work of Thomas' is a great representative of his first batch to grace our website.