A $16k Dunhill

[iamn8]

Alpascia is the best place to buy a new Dunhill pipe. Their prices are the best by far. I've never seen a new pipe from an authorized dealer at this price. Crazy stuff!
16k Dunhill

 

[ericusrex]

The inclusion of the Czech tool makes it totally worth the price!

 

[iamn8]

I couldn't agree more Eric. I would totally buy it except that I only buy in pairs and they only have one.

 

[alexnorth]

Seems a tad high. Especially since the finish wasn't very appealing.

 

[jazz]

I saw this one the other day. Personally, I don't think I could bring myself to purchase that even if I were a billionaire. Although I see it is beautiful it is also ugly to me in a way I can't articulate.

 

[aldecaker]

It is ugly in a way that I could articulate, but will only do so upon request. I will say that it is 16 thousand dollars worth of ugly.

 

[ssjones]

If I was a millionaire, I'd buy that in a heartbeat and smoke it immediately. I'm usually not drawn to that type of collector Dunhill, but that finish is amazing.

 

[hmhaines]

If I was a millionaire I'd buy it and donate it to a hospital charity auction. I love volumteering for the local kid's hospital, well the one in CT.

 

[papipeguy]

Millionaires don't become millionaires by buying something like this. It is attractive but overpriced by about $15,000. Maybe the guy who does buy it will do so to smoke that $1,000 Larsen blend.

 

[lohengrin]

This $ 18000 Namiki Maki Dunhill was more beautiful

and this € 6000 one a real bargain!

 

[daveinlax]

Millionaires don't become millionaires by buying something like this. It is attractive but overpriced by about $15,000. Maybe the guy who does buy it will do so to smoke that $1,000 Larsen blend.

The guys I know that collected Namiki pens and pipes collected what they love and carefully smoked stuff like vintage Dunhill 965 and Sobranie 759 in them. In years past I've seen very lightly smoked pipes like these at shows offered in their humidors in the 3k range. I imagine these pipes will go to guys who routinely spend this kind of money for a night out on the town
I've always wanted to collect every Dunhill finish and I'm still kicking myself for passing on one of the only Namiki pipes that I could remotely afford at $700. I hemmed and hawed about it because of the dings and it was much smaller than anything I would normaly smoke and smaller the usual LB shape and it was gone but it would have been fun to own. 8O

https://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/estate/england/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=25222

 

[anthonyrosenthal74]

Even if I had that kind of money to blow, I just can't imagine myself spending it on a pipe when that money could go to something far more important. 16,000 dollars for a chunk of briar with some paint on it? I just don't get it.

 

[sablebrush52]

Well, somebody is buying this shit or they wouldn't keep producing it.

 

[fitzy]

Clearly marketed to the Asian market. The Davidoff store near my office(Which used to be De La Concha) says they sell the majority of their pipes to Chinese visitors and when they show up they buy all Dunhill pipes and spend 15k to 20k on pipes.
I love that fricking pipe.

 

[kenbarnes]

De La Concha! There's a memory there, 6th Avenue- Avenue of the Americas?

I often wondered what happened to Lionel Melindi. We used to sell some high grade Upshalls there.

The mouthpiece on this one is not very Dunhillesque. The mouthpiece would also look better with a defined crescent lip.

 

[jefff]

Its a clever way to hide fills!

 

[Chasing Embers]

If I were rich, that would be my new bonsai planter.

 

[anthonyrosenthal74]

Its a clever way to hide fills!

I was wondering when someone might say that. Of course now, you may suffer the wrath of all the Dunhill fans. But now that been brought up, I do wonder exactly the quality of the briar underneath. I mean, who's going to sand the paint off of a 16,000 dollar Dunny to find out, right?

 

[snowyowl]

What better way to break in your new Dunhill than with some thousand dollar tobacco (the video is gratis; also one reviewer comment)...

https://www.smokingpipes.com/pipe-tobacco/larsen/W.O.-Larsen-2015-Limited-Release-Hand-Pressed-3.5oz/product_id/221096
[my disclosure: I bought two pipes and some tins from Smoking Pipes this morning; got a Christmas card in the mail from said vendor this week]

 

[deathmetal]

A beautiful finish on that pipe, but a bit garish somehow. If I were a billionaire, I'd keep smoking Savinellis and donate the other 15.8k to a local orchestra.