Just heard that Butz-Chhoquin is done. I thought they were part of a big group that included Comoy. What does this mean for Comoy?
Butz-Choquin Gone? Guess I Missed It.
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A £49 BC was my first pipe, great little smoker as well.
This is a real shame as a Millesime 2018 was on my list of future pipe acquisitions, I suppose now I'll have to move it up the list if I want one.
Chris.
This is a real shame as a Millesime 2018 was on my list of future pipe acquisitions, I suppose now I'll have to move it up the list if I want one.
Chris.
I heard it from a friend in Saint-Claude, France that the government liquidators are taking control. I don't know for sure. My French is not so good. That's why ask the experts here.
There's a tiny bit of a 'w' sound in the last word, and the 'n' is silent, but the first two words are on.
BC is one of the strong brands in the Arango portfolio. I wouldn't think that the brand itself is disappearing, but what's more likely is the sad possibility that its production will be relocated from its ancestral home to somewhere more "cost-effective."
Not quite. The latter is a bit like "La Croy" and Choquin is a bit more like Show-Qwaah. Though the last syllable is clipped, something I don't know how to show in letters, but it's not dragged out as we'd say "ah" or "eh".
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they say: "butss-shokiiin" like the "pain", the "vin" not shokinne like at your home 
It was the 2nd pipe manufacturer in St Claude, they are in " judicial liquidation" which means in France that everything is stopped / sold to settle the debts (the wages, but especially in priority the taxes and the debts for the state … )
We hope that there will be a buyer but the activity of the pipes has diminished!
It was the 2nd pipe manufacturer in St Claude, they are in " judicial liquidation" which means in France that everything is stopped / sold to settle the debts (the wages, but especially in priority the taxes and the debts for the state …
)We hope that there will be a buyer but the activity of the pipes has diminished!
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So moving to Italy then? I feel that's where makers go to make their 'cost effective' brands. Nothing against Italian brands of course, but is the labour there cheaper or something?
The workforce is a little less expensive in Italy but I do not think, when it works it remains in St. Claude is a bit their image, it dated back to 1858, otherwise it becomes a simple sales site .
(I think they also distributed Dunhill)
Sometimes with a little luck the brand is taken over by a bigger one, because the name is known, but sometimes it is not the same quality as the origin ...
(I think they also distributed Dunhill)
Sometimes with a little luck the brand is taken over by a bigger one, because the name is known, but sometimes it is not the same quality as the origin ...
The news around Europe hit a couple of weeks back, insolvency it seems. I for one never kept them in too high regard, sort of like low to mediocre quality, like Angelo or other common names around here. It is a pity though ... they had quite some tradition.
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