Dunhill Help

jabomano · Oct 11, 2015

I have this thread posted on another forum also.
I need help with this Dunhill. The nomenclature is pretty well buffed but on the shank I can make out an R and Dunhill (over) London and on the palm side shank Made In England with a small 12 underlined (this is about half the size of the D in England) and beneath is the word PENDING in capital letters. There is a 2 by the bowl. It came with the metal inner tube you see in the photo which slides into the metal tenon.
I've never seen a Dunhill like this and any information would be appreciated.
Thanks.

dunhill by Ray Bayer, on Flickr

dunhill3 by Ray Bayer, on Flickr

dunhill2 by Ray Bayer, on Flickr

dunhill4 by Ray Bayer, on Flickr

skaukatt · Oct 11, 2015

What you have there is a Vernon Tenon Dunhill pipe. Some Googling around will tell you all you need to know.
"the "Vernon Tenon" or "Vernon Fitment" was invented by Vernon Dunhill, Alfred's Brother to facilitate removal of the bit while the pipe was still warm. This little gadget wasn't very popular and was discontinued in 1940."
and "The Vernon Dunhill fitting was introduced in 1931 and was continued up to WWII."
http://www.pipephil.eu/logos/images-infos/dunhill/dunhill-vernon.pdf

http://www.pipephil.eu/logos/en/infos/dunhill1.html

fishnbanjo · Oct 11, 2015

+1 on what skaukatt said, the 2 on the bowl is more than likely the group size, my favorite size for every day smoking, enjoy it.

banjo

dmcmtk · Oct 11, 2015

A Vernon Fitment, date coded, the underlined 12, to 1932. The 2...don't know, but the pipes were not marked with the group size until 1951.

Chasing Embers · Oct 11, 2015

Hell has officially frozen over. A line of Dunhills that I actually like. Beautiful pieces!

johnnyreb · Oct 11, 2015

Here's a link to a thread on my 1932 Dunhill Bruyere patent with the Vernon fitting:
http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/1932-dunhill-bruyere-us-patent-186191032-186191033
You hav a beautiful pipe!

jabomano · Oct 11, 2015

Thanks to all for the iinformation.

Chasing Embers · Oct 12, 2015

One thing's for sure: it's in an exceptional condition for a 70 YO pipe!

I agree, years alone aside, that pipe has been babied.

mso489 · Oct 12, 2015

That's quite a looker. I don't know how the stinger smokes, but I suspect pretty well. It's well preserved.

samcoffeeman · Oct 12, 2015

Beautiful pipe! The only thing I have to add is the 2 is probably part of the shape number. Mostly 2 digit numbers from that era. There is a dublin shape #42 and very likely the 4 was buffed off as you said the stamps are hardly legible.

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