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Found a Dunhill U.S. Patent /20
Apologies for being so very late to weigh in at this particular party, but this has been a distracting holiday week. First off--from all I can ascertain Dunhill has not had a professional archivist of any kind for several years. Still less someone who might speak authoritatively from research or...- guylesss
- Post #33
- Forum: British Pipes
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Interesting Completed Ebay Auctions - British Pipes
I've been shaking my head with some disbelief at this one's astonishing final price. The 1937 coronation was by equal measures a big deal and something of a fiasco for English luxury good makers. This because of the unexpected abdication of Edward VIII on 10-11 December 1936 with ceremonies...- guylesss
- Post #1,440
- Forum: British Pipes
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Dating A Buffed Dunhill
Wow--really strange, and I suppose kind of neat. But now you know for sure, 1937. A great buy. Well done! -
My Mixture 965
If the tins have been carefully stored, and their seals intact, LUCKY lucky you--although you almost certain mean "My Mixture 965." One can assume there must once have been a "365," but its formula would in all probability date from Dunhill's very first years in business--1905-1910 (when 965...- guylesss
- Post #14
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Dunhill: Shell Briar vs. Shell
Like most things to do with Dunhill nomenclature, any discussion of the use or omission of the word Briar pretty quickly gets both numbingly complicated and appears to involve at least some inconsistency. What is apparently straightforward is both "Shell" and "Shell Briar" were both in use from...- guylesss
- Post #6
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Dunhill: Shell Briar vs. Shell
Quite so, chasingembers. I very much ought to have written, neither. Or that it was a distinction without a difference. But I simply could not resist the temptation of a 3-letter-long reply.- guylesss
- Post #4
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Dunhill: Shell Briar vs. Shell
Era.- guylesss
- Post #2
- Forum: Pipe Smoking Basics & Beginner Questions
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Dating A Buffed Dunhill
Even with heavy buffing duly noted (apparently obliterating one side of the shank but not the othe), the nomenclature is definitely a bit weird (which happens). For instance, it is difficult to imagine quite where the actual full Canada patent number could have appeared (since the number 2 is... -
Showoff Your Dunhill Pipes Here!
The narrow issue here that has intrigued quite a number of what might be called Dunhill pipe antiquarians-- is what the rules might have been about English merchants' use of royal warrants, and the specific details of what they were obligated to do when a monarch who'd publicly endorsed them...- guylesss
- Post #390
- Forum: Pipes: Show Us Your (fill in the blank) Pipes
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Showoff Your Dunhill Pipes Here!
A stunning pair in every way! But for at least some completely obsessive Dunhill geeks the potentially thrilling fact about your birth year set (given how extraordinarily unlikely it is that you're wrong about the date) might be the "late King George" royal warrant of the case lining FIVE full...- guylesss
- Post #388
- Forum: Pipes: Show Us Your (fill in the blank) Pipes
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Top B&M Shops in New York?
Another reliably polarizing topic, I fear, is New York. But one I cannot resist. My first experience of New York was a trip from California as a child staying at the Warwick on 54th Street and 6th Avenue (a sentimental favorite of my father's for its long past theater world associations). In...- guylesss
- Post #37
- Forum: Pipe Tobacconists - B&M's and Internet Retailers
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Intermediate/Novice Pipe Smoker from UK
Of course, if your inspiration is Sherlock Holmes, and you're serious about pipes, there are some who'd say, forget Robert Downey Jr, drop whatever you might be doing, and find some Basil Rathbone Sherlocks. I'll concede that some may be of the opinion that the various recent iterations of the...- guylesss
- Post #26
- Forum: New Member Introductions
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Intermediate/Novice Pipe Smoker from UK
Welcome from the fashionable waterfront of Brooklyn.- guylesss
- Post #25
- Forum: New Member Introductions
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The Secondary Market = Comic Relief
I’ve hemmed and hawed for a couple of days about weighing in on the always touchy, somewhat divisive subject of vintage tobacco and the trading thereof at premium prices. And so tender my apologies in advance to anyone I inadvertently offend. To everyone else, I tender my apologies for posting...- guylesss
- Post #114
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Restricted Item and EBay Global Shipping
Sorry if my rambling narrative was unclear--After confiscation, Pitney Bowes evidently sold the confiscated bottle to a local joblot outfit (rather than destroying it). And then (obviously without letting me or the original seller know they'd done so), these guys using photos and the description...- guylesss
- Post #50
- Forum: General Discussion
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Restricted Item and EBay Global Shipping
Just to chime in, late to the party to be sure, I absolutely LOATH the Global Shipping Program and Pitney Bowes especially with UK items bound for the US: even on their best behavior, I've found them expensive, slow, unreliable, careless and totally uninformed about (as well as completely...- guylesss
- Post #46
- Forum: General Discussion
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Estervals To Recommence Shipping to USA [5.23.21]
Really excellent news, and great work! And, with a little luck, likely to be a much better deal in terms of speed, reliability and cost than Esterval's longstanding shipment options of either about $50 for glacially slow "economy" shipping, or $125 and up for express service. Bravo!- guylesss
- Post #36
- Forum: Pipe Tobacconists - B&M's and Internet Retailers
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I've Found My Kind of Dunhill -The Classic 197
A beauty! Congratulations.- guylesss
- Post #33
- Forum: British Pipes
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Dunhill Pipe W60 Bamboo
Now, you imperative--assuming that you don't yet own one--is to spend some ridiculous money on a Swaine Adeney Brigg "Whangee" umbrella. Ideally, this should be with a real black silk canopy. But if you're on a budget (and want to save about £500), no one will blame you for choosing nylon--and... -
Dunhill Pipe W60 Bamboo
Even if your camera autofocus seemed to think you really wanted a perfectly clear image of your fingerprint and thumb cuticle-- it's impossible not to think you've scored one of Dunhill's offbeat classics (based, as many of them are) on the 60 shape billiard. There are several ardent fans and...