- Butz-Choquin
Butz-Choquin is a French pipe maker. It was founded in 1858 by
tobacconist Jean-baptiste Choquin andGustave Butz .History
The company was established and in
Metz ; it remained there until 1951, when it was purchased by theBerrod-Regad company. It was then relocated to Saint-Claude, Jura. The company began to export pipes in 1960, receiving theOscar of Export and theGold Cup of the French Good Taste . The company was acquired byFabien Guichon in 2002.Pipes
Butz-Choquin's first pipe, the Choquin pipe, was a curved pipe with a flat-bottomed hearth, albatross bone, and silver rings. The company currently produces over 70 different series of pipes. Butz-Choquin pipes have only been readily available in the
United States of America since 1999.External links
* [http://www.butz-choquin.fr/ Butz-Choquin]
* — contains a review of pipes including those of Butz-Choquin
* — another review of several brands of pipes including Butz-Choquin
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