Others are produced in respectable quantities but are considered captain black tobacco so good that they’re snapped up as soon as they hit the market. While still other tobacco brands have been discontinued, in which case you might need some pipe world connections to secure a small quantity. The link between the parent company in France and Capuis-Comoy in Great Britain continued until 1970. Then Yves Grenard, a former employee, acquired the Saint-Claude factory.
From the pictures below, it is amply evident that I did not achieve the exact consistency I desired, but no issues, it still worked!!! Since the beginning of my journey into the beautiful and challenging world of pipe refurnishing, I am being faced with problem relating to glue. Maybe the hot temperate climate prevalent here is causing issues or the quality of glue itself is an issue. However notwithstanding the issues of glue, I was able to prepare a mixture of CA superglue and activated charcoal and applied it to the surface.
Chacom is a brand of Cuty-Fort Entreprises (Jeantet, Vuillard, Jean Lacroix, Ropp …). I wrote Charles Lemon of Dad’s Pipes who is the go to guy for all things Brigham and asked him about the pipe. He said it was a shape he did not have and did not have on his shape chart. I thought about it overnight and sent it off to him on Monday morning. I look forward to his blog on this pipe as it is a really Danish looking Brigham.
Following the death of Henri in 1924, the company (London & St Claude factories) is taken over by Paul & Adrian Comoy with help from Emile & Louis Chapius. By 1928 the London Chacom factory had begun completely making pipes in London and the supplies from St Claude were no longer required. Rather than closing the original factory the company was renamed Comoy (a combination of both names) in 1928. Shapes, ranges and grading remained the same between the two factories and Chacom was only sold in France, Switzerland and Belguim. I came across this pipe at an antique mall in London, Ontario.
While in a Swiss prisoner of war camp (1870) Henry meets up with his cousins (the Chapius family) and the plan to open a pipe factory if and when they are released. On their return to France, the Comoy & Chapius families open their factory is opened. With the popularity of there pipes in London, Henry takes machinery chacom tobacco pipes and skilled craftsmen to the UK. The Comoy factory was supplied with pre cut bowls and other raw material from St Claude. If there are some moist tobacco bites, remove it immediately with the pipe cleaner to avoid a bad smell. Gently tap your pipe on the palm of your hand or on a pipe ashtray (with a cork knocker) to remove the ashes and tobacco.
The brand name Chacom is a combination of the family names Chapuis and Comoy. The factory was founded in Avignon, France in 1825, when the Comoy family started producing pipes there. Henry Comoy moved the production to London and from 1879 onward he used his family name as a brand for his briar pipes. Chacom pipes are made through an extensive and important process, where natural drying, ageing, grading and master crafting take place to ensure a high end pipe is resulted. Next, I cleaned the surface of the stem with isopropyl alcohol to get rid of all the dirt, oils and tars from the surface.
Each day, 20 employees (a team of diehards) still perpetuate a century-old know-how and give a modern touch to the briar pipes. Esoterica Stonehaven is from the same family of JF Germain tobaccos as Esoterica Penzance. Stonehaven is a Virginia Burley flake blend that, like its Esoterica counterpart, is well-aged before Germain releases small amounts to the market, often with little fanfare. You need to be alert, then, if you are going to get your hands on a tin of Stonehaven. But if you are persistent your chances of securing some are pretty good.
La Bruyere employed over 450 workers, producing 100,000’s of pipes annually for the world markets. In 1945 at the end of the Second World War, Chacom got its independence again and began working on more modern designs with some of St Claude’s more skilled artisan carvers. Various name changes and wrangling with the owners didn’t stop Chacom from becoming on of the biggest names in France, Belguim, Japan, Germany, Scandinavia and America. Christie’s Custom Blended Pipe Tobaccos are all one hundred percent natural tobaccos. Chacom pipes from the storied Chapuis-Comoy & Cie pipe company in the Saint-Claud, France pipe area.
These pipes are made using the traditional machinery and techniques, but as you would expect from Chacom are given a combination of modern finishes and more classic stains. These pipes have not been made again and will never be repeated. After the bath I use Vim and a dry clean rag to wipe clean.
McClellan Frog Morton Cellar is rare not only because it’s hard to find, but because of its unique characteristics. Founded in 1825, Chapuis Comoy is the oldest pipe manufacturer still in existence. Situated in the middle of the French Jura lies the pipe mecca Saint Claude, where the first pipes were made out of Erica Arborea root wood, better known as briar. Innovations in shape and finishes continued from the 1970’s to this day.