Heibe World - Pipe Smooth Bent Billiard Estate Pipe, Featherweight Briar, Vulcanite Saddle Stem

The shank carries a stamp that reads, word for word, "Heibe World - Pipe." No cabinet holds a maker of that name, so this pipe is presented exactly as the seller read it off the briar, and nothing further is claimed for the firm behind it.

What is in hand is a medium bent billiard, bowl size 2, briar finished smooth and stained, fitted with a black vulcanite saddle stem cut with a fishtail slot and no filter chamber. The stamp "Heibe World - Pipe" appears on the shank; no other markings are reported.

The billiard is the oldest formal pipe shape still in wide production: a cylindrical bowl set at a right angle to a straight shank, here worked with a gentle bend introduced at the shank-to-stem junction rather than left straight. A bent billiard sits differently in the hand and the teeth than its straight sibling - the bowl hangs lower and the draw angle changes - which is why the two are catalogued as separate shapes rather than variants of one. The saddle stem is cut with a distinct step down from the shank's diameter to the stem's, as opposed to a tapered stem's continuous narrowing; it reads visually as two blocks meeting rather than one flowing line, and it is generally the sturdier of the two cuts at the point where stem meets shank. The fishtail slot flares the vulcanite into two lobes at the button rather than tapering to a single round aperture, spreading the bite surface and easing the draw. With no filter fitted, the smoke path runs the full 20mm bore from tobacco to lip without interruption or reduction from a cartridge.

Weight is 40 grams for a 46mm-tall, 37mm-wide bowl - noticeably light for that bowl size, which is what the seller means by "featherweight." A pipe this size in fully walled briar commonly runs 50 to 60 grams; getting it down to 40 means the walls were turned thin, which trims the weight hanging off the teeth during a long clench but also leaves less mass to buffer heat, so this pipe will run a touch warmer in the hand than a heavier example of the same dimensions. The chamber runs 20mm across and a full 40mm deep, a medium-to-generous capacity that will comfortably carry a standard pipe-tobacco session without repacking.

Finish and grain: see the photographs. The seller reports a stained smooth finish with faint scratches scattered across the briar, consistent with a pipe that was carried and used rather than kept purely as a display piece.

THE MARKS
- Shank stamp: "Heibe World - Pipe" (exact wording as read off the pipe)

Condition: sold as pre-smoked and reported by the seller to be in good condition. Faint scratches are present through the stain on the briar. The vulcanite stem shows bite marks at or near the button. No cracks, fills, or repairs are reported. Rim and chamber condition should be checked against the accompanying photographs.

THE MEASUREMENTS
- Length: 135.0mm
- Bowl height: 46.0mm
- Bowl width: 37.0mm
- Chamber diameter: 20.0mm
- Chamber depth: 40.0mm
- Weight: 40.0g

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SKU: 065