Never tap your pipe on a hard stuff that could create damages on the briarwood or even break the shank or the stem. Then, rest the pipe on a pipe stand for a day or as many days as your pipe rotation will allow before smoking again. Now, I want to walk you through how I cleaned and restored this pipe.
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 captain black tobacco wipe clean.
Members of the Comoy family have been making pipes since 1825, which is even before briar had been discovered as a useful material for smoking pipes. From making pipes for soldiers in Napoleon’s army peterson pipes to providing today’s smokers with amazing pipes, the Chapuis-Comoy Company has set the standard for many companies that came after. Browse our complete range of tobacco pipes, rolling tobacco, pipe tobacco and smoking accessories, get in touch with GQ Tobaccos.
CHAPUIS-COMOY&Cie is a creator, manufacturer and distributor of fine pipes, located in Saint-Claude, France. Guarantee of traditional methods, CHACOM remainsthe biggest French brand to date knowing how to ally Tradition, Creation & Innovation. You may be smoking too fast or you use a poor-quality tobacco.
I also had the internals of the stem thoroughly cleaned using pipe cleaners, cue tips and alcohol. Chacom really went to work creating memorable and exciting smoking pipes for the Jurrasic line. The stems on each pipe are white with darker, whispy coloring throughout.
He continued to develop the brand and expanded into Japan, China and the former Eastern Block. Located in Saint-Claude, in the French Jura, Chacom is one of the oldest pipe factories still producing today. Strictly speaking, Chacom is only ONE brand produced by the Chapuis Comoy company. The Chacom brand, a combination of the two family’s initials, is the signature brand out of dozens produced by the nearly 200-year-old pipe-making family. After the financial crash in the late 1920s, Chacom went in to joint venture with a number of other pipe makers, forming La Bruyere one of the worlds biggest ever pipe companies.
Others are produced in respectable quantities but are considered 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.
Following grading, the various stages of manufacture are carried out by master pipe craftsmen. We can recommend Chacom pipes to those pipe smokers who appreciate modern tradition and pay attention to the smoking quality of a pipe. The fact that the pipes are also traded in an affordable price range makes the choice for a Chacom particularly easy. An engineer by trade, he also has a great talent for graphic design and a wealth of international experience, gained in Ireland. Chacom now only employs 25 people in production, which is still relatively high compared to other manufacturers. Antoine looks at the job cuts in the pipe industry in Saint-Claude with nostalgia, but also with an analytical eye.
Most notably was Pierre Morel who had initially worked on the Chacom Gran Cru, Naja and Fluer de Bruyere handmade ranges and eventually became the companies head pipe maker. Still to this day Chacom are known for their traditional manufacturing techniques, with a very contempory look and feel them. After the “Great War” the St Claude factory is renamed is “CHAPUIS COMOY & Cie”.
I shall be working on the stems of both these pipes simultaneously while the stummel will be worked on separately. The write up on both, though separate, is being uploaded at the same time so as to maintain continuity. The Chacom brand originated in Saint-Claude, France, in 1928. The name was taken from the family names ‘Comoy’ and ‘Chapuis’, representing the men who had created the brand and were in fact creating pipes even before the discovery of briarwood. Antoine GRENARD, managing director, is the 6th generation in charge of this family-owned company.