Smooth Bent Dublin Sitter (L1) (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 bent Dublin Sitter of Thomas' making recalls the appearance of a Calabash with its inflated, pronounced rim and sinuous undercurve. The bowl is conical and shares tall, straight tendrils of flame grain with the shank, which is flat at its base to allow the piece to sit upright unassisted. Birdseye adorns the rim, and all of the stummel is smoothly finished and stained a rich mahogany hue all the way back to the bright acrylic stem of swirling blue and white. The stem tapers quickly and bends back to the bit to give the piece another ample curve, another touch that recalls the Calabash shape.