New Dunhill Smokingpipes Collab
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Aside from the trubute box, do any of these pipes actually have the name “Dunhill” on them?
I appreciate an actual fitted case instead of the open shell with restraining bands. The sterling work is sleek. The price is nutz. But sell they will to Dunhill fans.
Sweet, but I’ll leave those sets to the Real Ballers 
Like an ex girlfriend coming around again after ... a hundred years. "Things were good then, weren't they? Where did we ever go wrong? ... do you still have feelings for me?"
They might be sold out now. At the time the other day when I first saw a post about it on Facebook, there were only 3 sets available, and of course the pipe I wanted to look at (not that I was ever going to purchase it) wasn't on there.
There's definitely some people with some money that buy the things. I noticed the $6 billion or whatever the price was Dunhill (?) aquarium (?) lighter that was on there a while back was sold out (sometimes just for fun, I look at what the most expensive stuff on there is).
Nope. Not for over 10 years now. I met the guy that was quite proud of that decision. I don't like him.
Well, it does literally say 'Alfred Dunhill's The White Spot' (with different formatting and such, of course). So, yeah, they do literally say 'Dunhill', albeit not as centrally as they used to.
Whether one thinks this is dumb is fair game of course, but they deemphasized 'Dunhill'; they didn't eliminate it from the stamping (though they often have, I would argue regrettably, in other marketing material).
Sykes
I enjoy my Dunhill pipes and I am proud of the seven I own. Too much is made of what they either are or aren’t.
Oh. Sorry. I didn't see that when I blew up the photo. I see it now - on the top and bottom of the White Spot.
The reason for this is that Dunhill is now an international fashion and accessory brand, like Burberry, Gucci, etc. The business wants to disassociate itself as far as possible from smoking, which in the UK and the EU is seen as a negative and could even have compliance, financial and taxation consequences (the promotion of tobacco consumption, etc). This is very sad in the case of Dunhill - a company whose history is wreathed in tobacco smoke. This is why they divested their tobacco business to Peterson and the cigarettes and cigars to British American Tobacco. The pipes are still made by Dunhill at their Walthamstow factory, but they don't exactly shout about them and the name has been changed to Alfred Dunhill's White Spot Pipes to disassociate them from the "Dunhill" corporate logo. At least the Dunhill name is still there, although more obliquely than before. And at least Dunhill are still making their pipes - so the pipe business must still be of some importance to them, even if it's nostalgia and respect for the history of the company.
I remember in the late 90's at the Dunhill flagship store in Jermyn Street, London, pipes were given pride of place on a special mezzanine level, with leather smoking chairs and the "My Mixture" bespoke blending service, which was available back then. Those glory days are long gone. I believe Richard Dunhill was still running the business then, and the pipe and smoking division was very important to him and the history of the company. At Dunhill's current London flagship store, in Mayfair, the pipes are in the basement.
Interestingly, when I was in their Mayfair store looking at the pipes about 6 years ago a Dunhill company representative was showing off the pipes to a large group of Chinese visitors. She was boasting about the excellence of Dunhill pipes and how central they are to the history of the company, and that's encouraging.
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Perhaps I just dont get it but Im not the least bit tempted at any price. Guess it leaves more for their fans.
Perfectly understandable, and I do love mine. I have a couple of recent Dunhills that smoke beautifully and are a joy to handle, though admittedly the “basement” Chestnut 5101f smokes just as well as the multi star root billiard at a somewhat embarrassing cost. Objectively, neither is easy to justify from a cost perspective, but there is a quality to them and mine, at least, are really pleasant smokers!