Dunhill Shilling - What a beauty !!

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Lifer

Jun 10, 2014

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Bangalore, India and St. Petersburg Florida

• Nov 13, 2016

• #1

Hi, I am Chris, I am hopelessly doomed. Hopelessly destined to the siren's song till death do us part. (Yeah, a little dramatic but you get it, right? Fellow PAD Brothers.)

Chris :puffpipe:

 

scrooge

Lifer

Apr 24, 2015

1,341

14

• Nov 13, 2016

• #2

Holy Moly! Very Nice Indeed!

 

Chasing Embers

Captain of the Black Frigate

Nov 12, 2014

43,400

109,164

• Nov 13, 2016

• #3

Not a fan of Dunhills or bulldogs, but that is a pretty blast. In the bottom image, the stem looks a bit askew.

 

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Lifer

Jun 10, 2014

1,763

42

44

Bangalore, India and St. Petersburg Florida

• Nov 13, 2016

• #4

@chasingembers Maybe because of the blast? The last image the top part of stem has a little distance between the stem.

 

mcitinner1

Lifer

Apr 5, 2014

4,043

24

Missouri

• Nov 13, 2016

• #5

It IS a pretty pipe, but I'd like it better if it had a smooth finish. :mrgreen:

 

Chasing Embers

Captain of the Black Frigate

Nov 12, 2014

43,400

109,164

• Nov 13, 2016

• #6

@chasingembers Maybe because of the blast? The last image the top part of stem has a little distance between the stem.

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Maybe, but a stem gap like that would be a deal breaker for me.

 

papipeguy

Lifer

Jul 31, 2010

15,778

35

Bethlehem, Pa.

• Nov 13, 2016

• #7

Don't "Mind The Gap", Chris. That's beauty. Enjoy.

 

jpmcwjr

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Staff member

May 12, 2015

24,706

27,300

Carmel Valley, CA

• Nov 13, 2016

• #8

What a find. The bowl— never noticed that exact carving before— reminds me of the early steam locomotives' stacks. Cool.

 

iamn8

Lifer

Sep 8, 2014

4,248

14

Moody, AL

• Nov 13, 2016

• #9

VERY nice! Love Dunhill Shillings. In a sea of people who see Dunhill as nothing more than average, i LOVE Dunhill pipes and LOVE bulldogs. Great pipe you scored!! Shilling has always been a favorite.

 

sjfine

Part of the Furniture Now

Mar 4, 2012

653

4

• Nov 13, 2016

• #10

I get it. I really get it.
And, a pretty pipe to boot.

 

irishearl

Lifer

Aug 2, 2016

2,155

3,798

Kansas

• Nov 13, 2016

• #11

Indeed 1 fine pipe- a shape I'd love to have.

 

clickklick

Lifer

May 5, 2014

1,700

212

• Nov 13, 2016

• #12

Yuck. There, I said it

 

wyfbane

Lifer

Apr 26, 2013

5,117

3,517

Tennessee

• Nov 14, 2016

• #13

I think you got a nice pipe. Love the shape. Let us know how she smokes!

 

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Lifer

Jun 10, 2014

1,763

42

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Bangalore, India and St. Petersburg Florida

• Nov 14, 2016

• #14

Just to clarify gentlemen, I did not buy the pipe. My surgery earlier this year left me with no budget to get some pretty pipes till the end of next year or so. But a smoker can dream and share those dreams, right?

 

wyfbane

Lifer

Apr 26, 2013

5,117

3,517

Tennessee

• Nov 14, 2016

• #15

You are absolutely allowed to dream on here. We will be as supportive of that as we are PAD. It doesn't hurt that you have such nice dreams, too.
I had never heard of a Dunhill Shilling. It is a really nice looking pipe!

 

tslex

Lifer

Jun 23, 2011

1,482

15

• Nov 14, 2016

• #16

Damn. Dunnie. Blast. Bull. Cumberland. All of those are GOOD things.

 

danielplainview

Lifer

Mar 30, 2014

2,853

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wv

• Nov 14, 2016

• #17

Damn that's a great looking pipe.

 

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oldgeezersmoker

Lifer

Oct 7, 2016

2,451

5,195

• Nov 14, 2016

• #18

Nice pipe, very hard to find, priced at about $600 with shipping today at Al Pascia, though last I looked the Euro was getting hammered. I would ask them about the stem gap, sometimes they aren't real careful in getting things lined up for photographs. These are essentially the Cumberland equivalent of a Shell Ring Grain, though some Ring Grains are weak, and I have never seen a weak Shilling. For both Ring Grains and Shillings, there seem to be periods when they are relatively easy to find new, and periods when they are nonexistent.