Official representative of Vanakat in the United States
All models are the exclusive property of Vanakat.
Volcanic glass from Mount Arteni, shaped by hand into objects for the cigar.
Black obsidian boulders on a volcanic Armenian highland at dusk, a river of lava in the valley.Obsidian is lava that cooled too quickly to crystallize. Armenians called it Vanaqar, the stone of Van.
Macro of split obsidian showing its rippled, mirror-black fracture.Since 2021 every piece has been cut and polished in Vanakat's own workshop, without industrial machinery, then finished in steel, brass, copper, silver or gold.
An artisan polishing a block of black obsidian to a mirror finish.A tobacco leaf sculpted in brass and finished bright, laid across a block of black obsidian. Made to be left out.
The Habano ashtray with a lit cigar on a black marble desk in a private lounge.Ashtrays, lighters, cigar boards and a humidor. Thirty-seven pieces in Armenian obsidian.
A gun-shaped torch lighter lighting a cigar.Everything on the table should deserve it.
Ashtray
A serpent engraved in three dimensions into black obsidian, framed in polished steel and studded along its rim.
Ashtray
A faceted star of black obsidian, seamed in polished steel. Made in tribute to Frank Sinatra.
Ashtray
Polished black obsidian, sculpted round and set with 24K gold-plated details.
Ashtray
Striped obsidian framed in polished steel, with a rest for four cigars.
The full collection
Ashtrays, lighters, cigar boards, a humidor, cigar rests and cutters. Each in Armenian obsidian, each finished by hand.
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The stone
Obsidian is natural glass, figured differently in every block. Your piece will differ slightly from the one photographed, and from every other.
By hand, to a mirror.
In three dimensions, as in the serpent of Obscura.
Decoration printed and fired at 800°C.
Steel, brass, copper, silver and gold.
Founded in 2017, Vanakat quarries obsidian on Mount Arteni, in Armenia's Aragatsotn region, and makes every piece in its own workshop. Cigar Couture presents the collection in the United States.
Bespoke
Vanakat's cigar boards can carry a crest, monogram or house mark at their center. Engraving, fired decoration and metal are chosen with you.
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