Chevalier Docteur 905 Smooth Bent Billiard Pipe, Algerian Briar, Made in France

CHEVALIER DOCTEUR, 905, ALGERIAN BRIAR and MADE IN FRANCE are stamped on the shank. This is a smooth bent billiard from France, with a tapered acrylic stem that ends in a fishtail bit, and a bore for a 9mm filter.

It is pre-smoked and in very good condition.

"Algerian briar" names the wood: briar burl from Algeria, one of the North African sources of pipe briar. The maker behind the Chevalier name is not known to us; Pipedia's list of French pipe brands carries "Le Chevalier" with question marks in place of a maker. So we give no maker story, and nothing on the pipe gives it a date.

THE MARKS
- CHEVALIER DOCTEUR stamped on the shank
- 905 stamped on the shank
- ALGERIAN BRIAR stamped on the shank
- MADE IN FRANCE stamped on the shank

905 is not explained in our records, so we do not read a shape name or a grade into it.

The billiard is the classic pipe shape: a round bowl with straight sides. In a bent billiard the stem curves down from the shank, so the bowl sits below the bit. This one is 143 mm long, with a bowl 49 mm high and 37 mm wide. The chamber is 20 mm across and 44 mm deep.

The tapered acrylic stem narrows from the shank toward a flat fishtail bit. The pipe takes a 9mm filter.

The bowl and shank are smooth, and the photos show the grain clearly under the finish.

THE MEASUREMENTS
- Length: 143 mm (5.63 in)
- Bowl height: 49 mm (1.93 in)
- Bowl width: 37 mm (1.46 in)
- Chamber diameter: 20 mm (0.79 in)
- Chamber depth: 44 mm (1.73 in)
- Weight: 43 g (1.52 oz)

Ships from the Faridunhill archive. Worldwide shipping and professional sanitation on every estate pipe. SKU: 608