Butz Choquin Calabash Liseuse 2 Churchwarden Briar Smoking Pipe (BIBCAL2)

• Overall Length: 260mm
• Overall Height: 70mm
• Bowl Height: 58mm
• Bowl Diameter: 43mm
• Bore: 20mm
• Weight: 44g
• Branded Cloth Pipe Bag
• Gift Boxed

Butz Choquin Junior Liseuse Churchwarden: The Calabash has long been a favourite among thoughtful smokers – those who like their smoke cool, their ash undisturbed, and their mind unhurried. This Liseuse version from Butz-Choquin brings that same spirit of contemplation into a lighter, more manageable form. Made in Saint-Claude – the cradle of French pipemaking – it retains the sweeping elegance of the Churchwarden tradition but without the weight or fragility of its more ostentatious cousins.

The smooth briar bowl is well-formed, with a rich honeyed polish that will deepen over time. Its graceful stem curves like a quill pen, lending the whole piece a certain literary air – the kind of pipe one imagines beside a lamp, a notebook, and perhaps a glass of brandy. Butz-Choquin’s attention to proportion means the draw remains effortless and dry, a quiet nod to a century of craftsmanship.

It’s a pipe for readers, thinkers, and those who prefer to let the smoke wander while the world rushes past.