BBB Freehand No.48 Bent Metal Filter Fishtail Pipe (BBB167)

BBB stands for "Blumfeld’s Best Briars." Louis Blumfeld took over the management of the Adolph Frankau Company in 1856.

BBB is known today as Britain’s Best Briars. One of the oldest pipe making companies which is still in production today and is loved by many.

Each freehand pipe is totally unique and you will never see one alike. Only a handful of carvers in the world are good enough to be given the reigns to go freehand. The Briar blocks are cut from the outer layer of the burl (exterior) of the Briar root, known as Plateaux. This is the finest area of the Briar root and produces the most striking grain pattern and highest quality Briar. Many freehands will leave the Burl on the rim of the bowl which adds unrivaled character and is testament to the fact the pipe has been carved from the premium section of the root. Most freehands are larger pipes with thick walls, this combined with the natural properties of the Briar taken from this are of the root make them very heat resilient pipes.

Presented in a Pipe Box.

This pipe has been individually photographed, so that the pipe you see in the picture is the pipe you will receive