DUNHILL ROOT BRIAR DR ****
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I might have gone to $3150, but that extra $40 is just too much! :wink: OK, seriously, that's WAY out of my price range, by about $2990... As an aside, does anyone else think that button is a little bit large? I'm not a "clencher" so that probably affects my point of view.
@dmcmtk Dave what I love about Dunhills is their perfect shapes and the variations of them in the same shape. Dont think any one does a better job shaping classics than Dunhill.
Chris :puffpipe:
Chris :puffpipe:
@chasingembers Definitely Ryan, atleast it's not for us mid-income range people lol. I do love Dunhill's shaping of bullies and rhodies. Peck, on the other hand might buy it for his janitor or something lol.
Chris :puffpipe:
Chris :puffpipe:
There's just something about one of a kind hand made pieces that factory pipes can't touch for me.
@chasingembers I cant even dream of spend 3k on a pipe commissioned or otherwise, holy cow thats like 1/4 of what I require for moving to Canada.
I'd probably go with a modern artisan creation and save a few grand.
My White Dot 3108 has a button like that and it is quite comfortable.
My White Dot 3108 has a button like that and it is quite comfortable.
That is a gorgeous dog, but no better than some vintage Comoys and Ashtons. I would buy another vintage Comoy AND a new shotgun for that money. If commissioning a pipe I would go with Chris Askwith, he makes a nice dog.
Perhaps it shouldn't be so. I opted for my Michael Parks commission over a Dunhill I wanted. The truth? Years from now the Dunhill will be worth serious cash, whether it should be or not, and the artisan pipe LIKELY won't. The Dunhill is the better "investment" and the artesian commission is the better pipe to enjoy. My point is that if it's maintained and cared for, the Dunhill isn't quite so insane as it seems on its surface.
@Nate - that's possible and you are right on the value of a Parks two decades from now. But, once smoked, I suspect the Dunhills value wouldn't reach or eclipse the purchase price for just as many decades.
I could see a bunch of commissions.
In fact, the overall shape is not pleasing to my eye, so I'd pass on that in any event.
In fact, the overall shape is not pleasing to my eye, so I'd pass on that in any event.
It's out of my price range and I don't really like bulldog shape pipes but I'd lose the band and drop three of the stars. If this pipe needed a band I'd rather see 18k inlayed band and the loose birdseye, bald spot and the random cut grain above the rings seem over graded. I wonder what Mr. Richard would have graded this? 8O
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