Ropp Vintage Horn Pipe Sandblast 29c Liverpool Briar Pipe ROP-065

• Overall Length: 142mm
• Overall Height: 42mm
• Bowl Height: 42mm
• Bowl Diameter: 32mm
• Bore: 18mm
• Weight: 26g
• Filter: Unfiltered
• Gift Boxed
• Aged "Vintage" Briar
• Real Horn Stem
• Cloth pipe bag included

The Ropp Vintage Horn 29C is a handsome Liverpool—a shape that sits somewhere between the elegant Canadian and the classic Billiard, yet with a character entirely its own. It features a long shank that tapers confidently into a graceful natural horn stem, offering both aesthetic balance and a remarkably cool smoke.

What sets this pipe apart, beyond its well-balanced proportions, is its stem. Horn stems, once commonplace in 19th-century France and Austria, are a rare sight today, and Ropp has revived them with extraordinary care. Each stem boasts subtle variegation—no two are alike—and pairs beautifully with the sandblasted briar bowl. The blast here is light and respectful, preserving the natural contours of the grain and lending a tactile feel that’s as pleasing in the hand as it is to the eye.

There’s real lineage behind this pipe. Ropp traces its roots back to 1869 in the pipe-making mecca of Saint-Claude, France, where Eugene-Léon Ropp patented a method for fitting cherrywood stems. Though now under the custodianship of Chapuis-Comoy, the brand still honours that spirit—producing pipes with historical reverence and subtle Gallic charm.

The 29C Liverpool smokes cool and dry, thanks to its slender, elongated shank, and it’s light enough to clench for those longer contemplative evenings. For the collector, the historian, or simply the lover of finely made tools—this is a piece that speaks softly of another time.