The shape 59 is one of Dunhill's all-time stars in popularity terms---a benchmark for medium sized billiards---and patent-era Tanshells are highly prized because of their rarity (only two years were made), and because they have a deep & craggy Shell-like blast.
Meaning they are worth bringing back to life when found in the wild. Even when massively carbonized, rim-hammered, and without a stem, as this one was.
As long as there is enough sound wood left in the right places, a pipe can always be saved.
A 1956 Shell #59 from my own collection served as a model for the rim profile as well and stem shape and length. (The rim wasn't just lava covered, but underneath was burned, round-edged, and ashtray-hammered to the point of waviness, so had to be topped and re-cut).
Meaning they are worth bringing back to life when found in the wild. Even when massively carbonized, rim-hammered, and without a stem, as this one was.
As long as there is enough sound wood left in the right places, a pipe can always be saved.
A 1956 Shell #59 from my own collection served as a model for the rim profile as well and stem shape and length. (The rim wasn't just lava covered, but underneath was burned, round-edged, and ashtray-hammered to the point of waviness, so had to be topped and re-cut).
