Specially manufactured to celebrate the 4th year of the new 12-year cycle in the Chinese calendar, the limited edition pipes Year of the Rabbit are the fourth in a series of pipes that represent the Chinese Zodiac signs.
This year’s pipe is a classic Quarter-Bent Pear shape in Group 4 (4427) in Cumberland and Shell Briar finishes with a hand-cut marbled Cumberland and Vulcanite saddle mouthpiece that bear the famous White Spot.
Each pipe is fitted with a 10mm Sterling Silver band engraved with the zodiac sign of a rabbit and is supplied with a specially manufactured ultra-soft Terracotta cow hide leather case, which is not available otherwise.
This edition is nominally limited to only 230 pieces worldwide in the brown Cumberland finish and 230 pieces in the black Shell Briar finish.
Since all numbers containing the digit ‘4’ have been excluded (‘4’ stands for death in various Asian countries), there are actually only 189 pipes per finish being manufactured, of which only 188 pieces will be offered for sale. The edition number ‘1’ will be kept in the White Spot archive.