This LB is uncommon because it has a fishtail stem. A style of stem that can't be put on a thick & chunky pipe like an LB without finessing things by narrowing the stem before the flare, like a corset, to keep the button from ending up an inch wide.
All of the "wasp waisted" LBs I've seen were made around 1950, which makes me think that someone was working in Dunhill's shop at the time who favored it for some reason.
Besides its uncommon stem, this one also has dramatic "3D wood" where the grain looks like underwater formations when viewed in sunlight.
The stamping is weak (though it looks much better in hand) which normally I don't care for, but the stem shape and 3D wood were enough to carry the day when I came across it in the early 1990's.
61.5 grams, 6.0" long
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All of the "wasp waisted" LBs I've seen were made around 1950, which makes me think that someone was working in Dunhill's shop at the time who favored it for some reason.
Besides its uncommon stem, this one also has dramatic "3D wood" where the grain looks like underwater formations when viewed in sunlight.
The stamping is weak (though it looks much better in hand) which normally I don't care for, but the stem shape and 3D wood were enough to carry the day when I came across it in the early 1990's.
61.5 grams, 6.0" long
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