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.
Pipemaker Eric E. Christie has been hand making pipes for over three decades, learning his trade from one of America’s great pipemakers in the 1980’s, Richard C. Johnson. Mr. Johnson opened his own tobacco store, Johnson’s Pipe Shop, in Carlisle, Pennsylvania where he made his own line of handmade pipes, Johnson Pipes. The stems on both these pipes have large gaping hole near the button end, exposing the stem’s airway.
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.
The stem was very damaged with a bite through on the top side and much chewing around the edges of the stem. The bowl is very dirty with little room in the bowl – thick cake and lots of overflow on to the back side of the rim.I reamed the bowl with reamers. I cleaned the mortise, and the airway in the shank and stem with pipe cleaners and alcohol. You can see what the bowl looks like now in the next two photos.
Mr. Christie has handmade his beautiful works of art for nearly four decades for thousands of satisfied customers. I am very thankful to those gents of rebornpipes for their willingness to post and teach others. They have shown how experience and manual work still has value in this modern society . The brand Chacom turned up (1934) after fusion of Chapuis-Comoy with La Bruyère. • Wash the system if necessary with a small quantity of alcohol. You must be chacom tobacco pipes of legal age to purchase tobacco products or smoking accessories on this site.