My First Dunnies

paulfg

Lifer

Feb 21, 2016

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Corfu Greece

• Jul 20, 2016

• #1

I have just won my first dunhill pipes.They are both unsmoked and came from a former dunhill employees family.

The first is from 1974

A bruyere 56

and the second is a shell 120 which has no date stamp but if I read the hallmarks on the band correctly is from 1974 also


now just need to wait about 3 weeks and then clean them up

 

ssjones

Moderator

Staff member

May 11, 2011

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• Jul 20, 2016

• #2

Congratulations! I like the 56 shape. Post some updates when they arrive.

 

jerwynn

Lifer

Dec 7, 2011

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13

• Jul 20, 2016

• #3

Oh yes! This could make a great on-going saga!! Congrats!

 

pagan

Lifer

May 6, 2016

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28

West Texas

• Jul 20, 2016

• #4

Very nice

 

clickklick

Lifer

May 5, 2014

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212

• Jul 20, 2016

• #5

Anyone else think the stems look suspect?

 

doctorbob

Part of the Furniture Now

Mar 18, 2014

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Grand Ledge, Michigan

• Jul 20, 2016

• #6

Buddy, you are screwed- the bug is on you. I resisted Dunhill for many years, collected Barling's, GBD, Comoy's, etc... I purchased my first Dunhill less than six months ago and now I have a 1920 35, a 1923 151, a 1923 bent shell without a shape stamp, a 1933 LB, and a 1944 114. Great pipes from the glory days of a great manufacturer.
If yours smoke as well as mine, you are in for a treat.
Doc

 

Chasing Embers

Captain of the Black Frigate

Nov 12, 2014

43,404

109,171

• Jul 20, 2016

• #7

Bought a ruby bark billiard some years ago, and traded it for 3 tins of Mephisto. Gladly immune to that bug.

 

paulfg

Lifer

Feb 21, 2016

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2,948

Corfu Greece

• Jul 20, 2016

• #8

@ clickklick

do tell

 

paulfg

Lifer

Feb 21, 2016

1,573

2,948

Corfu Greece

• Aug 3, 2016

• #9

well they arrived and they both smoke dry and easily to the bottom of the bowl with no relights.

Someone posted a query about a pipe bought from the same seller on another forum,I posted pictures in detail of my pipes and the consensus was they are real, anyway for what I paid I am happy.

And @doctorbob you are correct I am screwed I am currently waitinfg delicvery of a 1962 pot bought from a member here.

I should get it tomorrow postalservice willing

 

mso489

Lifer

Feb 21, 2013

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60,454

• Aug 3, 2016

• #10

Great! Don't put your other pipes in storage.

 

papipeguy

Lifer

Jul 31, 2010

15,778

35

Bethlehem, Pa.

• Aug 3, 2016

• #11

Well done. Enjoy them.

 

thesillyoldbear

Starting to Get Obsessed

Sep 6, 2013

183

6

Dublin, Ireland

• Aug 3, 2016

• #12

Y'all have got to stop using "dunny" as slang for Dunhill.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outhouse#Australia_and_New_Zealand

 

davet

Lifer

May 9, 2015

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330

Estey's Bridge N.B Canada

• Aug 3, 2016

• #13

Y'all have got to stop using "dunny" as slang for Dunhill.

Click to expand...

I've always had a chuckle over that. :rofl:

 

jacks6

Lifer

May 9, 2016

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3

• Aug 3, 2016

• #14

I love them!

 

paulfg

Lifer

Feb 21, 2016

1,573

2,948

Corfu Greece

• Aug 9, 2016

• #15

well my pipe from Irish (gary morrison) arrived and I have given it a quick clean up on the outside and the colours really stand out now.


and i have a 653 shell from Dean @www.estatepipeshop.co.uk date unknown (1960s-75ish) as repair band covers date stamp

damn you PAD

 

newbroom

Lifer

Jul 11, 2014

6,109

6,594

Florida

• Aug 9, 2016

• #16

My ONLY Dunhill is a 656 shape. I was told that the first 6 denotes the stem style. In this case it's a saddle stem.

I bought this pipe almost 2 years ago and had a certified Dunhill replacement stem put on it that cost me more than the entire pipe.

I just let it sit in my rack and didn't smoke it for over a year. ?

One day I decided I wasn't going to try to 'make money' by selling it off, as I had originally intended (that was my excuse early on in buying pipes, I was investing, ha ha) and put it into the rotation.

I'm happy that I did. It's a great smoker and comfortable as heck. It just feels good in hand and mouth.

I've got less than $150.00 in this pipe and it's easily my most expensive layout.

Mind you, I've got lots of nice pipes. I wouldn't even call the Dunhill my best, but one of them.

I scratched that itch and now I look for good old wood for under $50.00. Usually way under.

It's a hobby of mine.

 

paulfg

Lifer

Feb 21, 2016

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Corfu Greece

• Aug 9, 2016

• #17

@newbroom

it certainly seems to be the case re 6 = stem type as my 653 is identical to a 53 except saddle instead of taper stem.

 

paulfg

Lifer

Feb 21, 2016

1,573

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Corfu Greece

• Aug 9, 2016

• #18

Does anyone know the shape number for the pot.I can make out what looks like a 6 and F/T which I guess is for fish tail, but nothing else.

I am just curious

 

paulfg

Lifer

Feb 21, 2016

1,573

2,948

Corfu Greece

• Aug 9, 2016

• #19

ok so after looking in bright sunlight with a loupe it actually looks like 6 R which would make sense as r donotes pot and 6 if above is correct means saddle bit which it is. the date is 8 with a 9 after presumably to show sold date as 1969.