Butz-Choquin Pipe Opinions

[tarak]

Anyone own or have opinions on Butz-Choquin pipes? I'm noticing they have some really nice sandblast pipes for the price. Thoughts?

 

[thesmokindragon]

I have had a few in the past, good smokers

 

[eaglerico]

Good line of French pipes. Probably the most prevalent french pipes still made today. I own one and wouldn't mind another.
I know the box in the image below says Chacom but the pipe is a BC. Chacom is another french company. I prefer Chacoms, but just because their designs / shapes / finishes are more to my liking.

 

[papipeguy]

I have 2 BC's and enjoy them alot. One is a Jumbo billard and the other is a bent red Formula.

 

[latbomber]

Great pipes, classy designs.

 

[lumberjakpipester]

I really like BC pipes, I have 4 and they all smoke wonderfully, I would put them on par with older Stanwells in terms of quality. Best french pipes made today IMO.

 

[petes03]

My local B&M has a few I've been eyeballing for a while. I've always wondered how they smoked, just never pulled the trigger on one. Maybe soon though!

 

[soggycitybob]

I agree they are good smokers. I found this nice little estate rusticated apple style BC on EBay. Cleaned up really nice and it's one of my favorites.

 

[lordofthepiperings]

I have a BC Daccord 1304 that I like. It's a pretty decent smoker. It has a nice acrylic stem with unique coloring to it and a nice dark stain that brings out the birds eye and flame grain on it. There are a couple of fills, but overall it's a beautiful pipe that smokes well.

 

[oldredbeard]

I have a BC 1689 that is a very good smoking pipe, I would recommend them.

 

[terrygoldman123]

I have four. They are priced right, nicely designed and frankly smoke as good as any in my rotation. But one and you'll agree, I'm sure.

 

[cavendish36]

My second pipe was a BC, and I agree, it smokes well. I bought it at a local tobacco shop, not really knowing anything about pipes other than I really liked the look and feel of it. I was very pleased with how it smoked!

 

[hunterwold1]

I own three Butz(actually my wife's maiden name)-Choquin pipes. My favourite is my churchwarden. The design is very unique and the price was right. It smokes beautifully. The other two are briar pipes - one new, one an estate pipe. I have been very pleased with all of them. My other favourite pipes are my Stanwell collection. Especially the two designed by Sixten Ivarsson. Practically smoke themselves.

 

[fitzy]

I'm very interested in BC pipes myself. They seem to be a pretty good pipes at an affordable price.

 

[yazamitaz]

I received this pipe for Father's Day BC Cadre Noir and am really enjoying it. It is nice and light and the stem is definitely different.

 

[JimInks]

I own four of them and they are all good smokers.

 

[cortezattic]

I have a BC, pictured here with the lacquer finish intact. It smoked OK, but Kevin kept insisting that lacquered pipes

aren't as desirable as naturally finished pipes because they can't breathe -- whatever that means.

So, I carefully removed the lacquer finish by sandpapering. I was astonished! Not only did this reveal a number of fills,

but the smoking quality of the pipe really improved. I went on to remove the lacquer from another pipe with similar

success. I really believe BC uses lacquers and paints to conceal fills. The pipe I have, at any rate, smokes very well.

As can be seen by comparing the before and after pix, the well used pipe never changed its high tone color while lacquered.

Whereas it started coloring (darkening) quickly after I removed the lacquer, so I'll concede that Kevin has a point.

 

[dukdalf]

As for the finish debate, I'm in the breathing camp. As for BC hiding fills and whatnot under a nice shiny finish: don't forget they have always been a brand focused on a much less discriminating, domestic mass market which they supplied with decent quality pipes at bottom price. If you want to turn and sell half a million bowls or more a year most of them will have some sort of imperfection.

 

[cavendish36]

My BC has a sandblasted finish, so fills are completely disguised (if there are any, I can't find them). Mine smokes very well.

 

[andrew]

I have this bad ass BC, my favourite pipe, smoker and look, got it for 18$

BC Granada Major 1309