Greetings all,
I need some help with a recent purchase. Dunhill SK. Seems to be an oddity.
I'm new, so I need to figure out picture posting, but here is what I think I know from the stamping:
Group 4 size because of the number 4 inside a circle
Bruyere finish because of letter A next to the circled 4
Dunhill over London on the same side of the pipe as the above
On the other side of the pipe the nomenclature reads:
Made in England (in line)
SK F/T (which I believe is the shape "SK" and the F/T indicates fishtail?)
I know a picture is worth a thousand words, so I will try to get one posted. Until then, here's my (bad) description: it looks like an egg laying on its side riding on a singe ice-skate blade, with the tip of the blade sticking out in front of the egg about an 1/8th of an inch. It's a very odd shape. Slightly bent stem (maybe 1/8th bent). It is just so odd, that it followed me home because it captured my attention and wouldn't get out of my head. Certainly nothing in the Dunhill catalog that I've ever seen before, but the quality is good and I don't believe it's a knock off. Can't imagine why anybody would try to fake such an obscure item anyway.
Anybody have any idea what this thing is, when it was made? Is is rare or just ... odd?
Any help or information would be greatly appreciated. Always figured I would try a Dunhill someday, but not in a million years did I envision this one. Still, it is a curiosity.
Thank you gentlemen!
I need some help with a recent purchase. Dunhill SK. Seems to be an oddity.
I'm new, so I need to figure out picture posting, but here is what I think I know from the stamping:
Group 4 size because of the number 4 inside a circle
Bruyere finish because of letter A next to the circled 4
Dunhill over London on the same side of the pipe as the above
On the other side of the pipe the nomenclature reads:
Made in England (in line)
SK F/T (which I believe is the shape "SK" and the F/T indicates fishtail?)
I know a picture is worth a thousand words, so I will try to get one posted. Until then, here's my (bad) description: it looks like an egg laying on its side riding on a singe ice-skate blade, with the tip of the blade sticking out in front of the egg about an 1/8th of an inch. It's a very odd shape. Slightly bent stem (maybe 1/8th bent). It is just so odd, that it followed me home because it captured my attention and wouldn't get out of my head. Certainly nothing in the Dunhill catalog that I've ever seen before, but the quality is good and I don't believe it's a knock off. Can't imagine why anybody would try to fake such an obscure item anyway.
Anybody have any idea what this thing is, when it was made? Is is rare or just ... odd?
Any help or information would be greatly appreciated. Always figured I would try a Dunhill someday, but not in a million years did I envision this one. Still, it is a curiosity.
Thank you gentlemen!