A non collector’s search for birth year Dunhill

[bobpnm]

I have a birthday coming up. I was born in 1957. For 17 years of pipe smoking, I’ve thought about a birth year Dunhill. I am not a pipe collector. I am a pipe smoker. I own various pipes for no other reason than I like them. No particular pattern or thought process involved other than I think I will enjoy smoking them. This having been said, I have always wanted a birth year Dunhill, just because.

I don’t know where to start a search like this. My limited knowledge of the subject means I have to trust the source. I’m looking for something along the lines of a group 3 or 4, straight or slightly bent, billiard or bulldog, rusticated.

I would appreciate any advise or thoughts on where to start.

 

[FLDRD]

Typical searches on Ebay, smokingpipes, etc.

 

[fireground_piper]

I got lucky and someone was selling an unsmoked one right here on the forum. Fell right into my lap. It is, of course, now smoked.

I have been searching for a specific birth year of my wife to compliment my own, and Iv just been using the typical google, etc searches. It’s a very specific and limited model in my case, which makes searches easy.

 

[Questionable Source]

I would appreciate any advise or thoughts on where to start.

What year were you born.

 

[bobpnm]

What year were you born.

Yes. I guess that would help. 1957.

 

[Steddy]

Pipedia Dunhill Dating Guide - Pipedia

pipedia.org

Good luck, this might be of help with verification.
I bought an older Dunhill and wanted to verify the stamping so I checked this website. After 10 minutes I decided the pipe is from the year “I don’t care I like it”.

 

[Briarcutter]

But now you'll need a birth year Chevy

 

[Sig]

Look on Marty Pulvers site. If you dont see one, email him. The dude can find pipes. I dont know how, but he usually comes through. He's got Dunhills from $50 to $1000 at times.

Pulvers' Prior Briar

www.pulverspriorbriar.com

 

[bobpnm]

Look on Marty Pulvers site. If you dont see one, email him. The dude can find pipes. I dont know how, but he usually comes through. He's got Dunhills from $50 to $1000 at times.

Pulvers' Prior Briar

www.pulverspriorbriar.com

Thank you!

 

[anotherbob]

I have a birthday coming up. I was born in 1957. For 17 years of pipe smoking, I’ve thought about a birth year Dunhill. I am not a pipe collector. I am a pipe smoker. I own various pipes for no other reason than I like them. No particular pattern or thought process involved other than I think I will enjoy smoking them. This having been said, I have always wanted a birth year Dunhill, just because.

I don’t know where to start a search like this. My limited knowledge of the subject means I have to trust the source. I’m looking for something along the lines of a group 3 or 4, straight or slightly bent, billiard or bulldog, rusticated.

I would appreciate any advise or thoughts on where to start.

my best suggestion is to be like a woman over the age of 29. Buy a 20 year old Dunhill and claim that's your birth year.

 

[wyfbane]

Nothing new to add, but +1 for Marty Pulver. The man is amazing.

Best of luck in your search!

 

[Briarcutter]

Yes, Marty P.

 

[georged]

The bad news... 1957 is a particularly scarce year

(no one knows why some Dunhill years are plentiful and others are rare, but dats da way it izz)

 

[forciori]

Pipedia Dunhill Dating Guide - Pipedia

pipedia.org

Good luck, this might be of help with verification.
I bought an older Dunhill and wanted to verify the stamping so I checked this website. After 10 minutes I decided the pipe is from the year “I don’t care I like it”.

I was just wondering what happened. Did you have any trouble navigating the guide?

 

[jguss]

The bad news... 1957 is a particularly scarce year

(no one knows why some Dunhill years are plentiful and others are rare, but dats da way it izz)

But I bet you remember this one George.

 

[georged]

But I bet you remember this one George.

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Yessir, that I do.

(Board: Jon has best classic-era Dunhill collection I know of in the "Under Fifty" class. Ripping specimens of hard-to-find models.)

 

[ssjones]

The bad news... 1957 is a particularly scarce year

(no one knows why some Dunhill years are plentiful and others are rare, but dats da way it izz)

Right, a decent example from that year will be a bit dear.

 

[mortonbriar]

The bad news... 1957 is a particularly scarce year

(no one knows why some Dunhill years are plentiful and others are rare, but dats da way it izz)

See this is the kind of information that should be provided with family planning from the doctor,
"...and you might want to think about waiting a little longer before you start trying since the briar cutters are still on strike, and the chances of your offspring lining up a nice selection of Dunhill shapes from this year are slim indeed!"

 

[xrundog]

The bad news... 1957 is a particularly scarce year

(no one knows why some Dunhill years are plentiful and others are rare, but dats da way it izz)

I watch EBay pretty closely. I’m not sure I’ve seen a ‘57. Or maybe it was one of the $800 pipes I ignored.

 

[ssjones]

Keep an eye on MSD pipes, he lists a lot of Dunhills. This one is sold.

1957 Dunhill Shell EK Foursquare 4S Estate Briar Pipe, English Estates -

To veteran pipe smokers, Dunhill needs no introduction. Beginning in 1907, Alfred Dunhill began selling Dunhill pipes at the tobacconist shop he owned on

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