A gorgeous birth year Dunhill

[fishnbanjo]

I'm dancing, just made a trade for a birth year Dunhill DR B pencil shanked with canted bowl that weighs an amazing .7 ozs.

banjo

 

[bluegrassbrian]

Is that the one from Dave Neeb?

 

[jpmcwjr]

That is stupendous!

 

[fishnbanjo]

Yes bluegrassbrian it is,

banjo

 

[didimauw]

Can't wait to see it in use!-

 

[mso489]

I'm not a Dunhill guy but that's one sweet pipe, and light as a feather. Is that pre-WWII? Or is that a scarce pipe from the war years?

 

[fishnbanjo]

mso489, the pipe has some stamping on it that make it pre WW II but the other stamping shows it was completed post war, 1950 to be exact. I think a lot of work got severely disrupted since metals and metal working shops got dedicated to the war time effort, in any event I'm pleased, it's a unique looking Dunhill.

banjo

 

[mso489]

fish', by your lights does that get to be a Canadian despite the round shank? That's how I think of it; I don't know how else it would be classified. It's a beauty.

 

[lifesizehobbit]

Jaw dropping pipe. I bet that smokes amazing.
What tobacco will christen your first smoke in it?

 

[fishnbanjo]

mso489, if the bowl were straight and not canted I'd call it a pencil shank Canadian but since the bowl is canted I call it a canted bowl pencil shank, when I get it I'll look to see if there is a shape number on it and I'll look it up but since it's a hand worked (HW) marked pipe (this is a pre WW II mark that I spoke about earlier) it may have been a custom order, in either event I'm looking forward to getting it.
lifesizehobbit, even though the pipe has been pre-smoked I don't know if there is any residual tobacco note in the bowl. I will give it the sniff test, if it smells of English or Virginia base I'll smoke my almost 11 y/o Stonehaven in it which is my general custom for first smoke on a new pipe, if the sniff test reveals an aromatic or floral scent I'll go pith something stronger like Pirate Kake to help clear things out, cheers.

banjo

 

[dunstanhillwell62]

Congratulations, Mr. Banjo.

That is one beautiful pipe.
I think that the shape looks like a Liverpool.

 

[balkisobrains]

Congrats banjo, it sounds like it made you happy! ::

 

[fishnbanjo]

Thanks all. I was pleased to grab a DRR C-EE Dunhill Pot from 1948 thinking that would be the closest I'd get to a 1950 birth year. It's a gorgeous Angelhair grained pipe and with the DR B being more a flame grain I can't wait to see the two side by side,

banjo

Also I have two birth year Dunhill pipes my first was this group 2 Shell Briar and now the Canted Bowl Pencil Shank DR B.

The real icing on the Wedding Cake is I have a 1974 Dunhill Shell CK or Author as the shape is known. As you probably figured out that was the year I got married.