Dunhill Needs Restoring

[kenbarnes]

 

[kenbarnes]

I was fascinated by this one which eventually sold for £1.20
Photo no 3 shows that the bottom of the bowl had also burnt through so it was plugged with briar. Additionally, the shank has been re-sectioned too.
Calling George D. can you do something with this pipe?

 

[mikethompson]

Looks like that pipe was used everyday for about a thousand years.

 

[mortonbriar]

It seems a shame to change it!
In some deep, dark cave there is an orc, blundering around and turning over every stone to search for his beloved pipe....

 

[ssjones]

George will have that looking like new!

 

[briarbuck]

I think that pipe may have been used by The Druids.

 

[workman]

Dedicated to gunpowder, that one.

 

[craig61a]

Doctor, we need more voltage!

 

[jpberg]

I wonder how many bowls of tobacco went through that.

 

[jguss]

I think this is one for Jack Kevorkian, not George.

 

[prairiedruid]

Somebody loved that pipe to go to that amount of effort to keep smoking it.

 

[coming to_falling too]

Barely looks broken in

 

[georged]

Now that's impressive.

There MUST be a remarkable backstory. A precious gift from a dead wife that the owner refused to give up on; a "lucky charm" pipe the owner was profoundly superstitious about; someone so desperately poor that cobbling it back together himself made more sense than buying another pipe, no matter how inexpensive; some sort of pub bet along the lines of, "Now, THAT will never see another bowl of tobacco!" after the pipe was accidentally driven over by a car or stepped on by a horse. Etc.

Colorful history in the palm of your hand...

But you'll never know quite what it is.

 

[dmcmtk]

I find it interesting that the pipe looks like it had a splice from the get go?

 

[Kottan]

I think this is one for Jack Kevorkian, not George.

... or Steve Laug

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[BROBS]

I find it interesting that the pipe looks like it had a splice from the get go?

looks like the shank broke to me?

 

[condorlover1]

That is awesome!

 

[mingc]

That defines frugality.

 

[condorlover1]

Obviously the Dunhill 'Life time Warranty' expired!

 

[beefeater33]

Looks like one of Didi's threads: "One Dunhill for 40 years"..............