Anybody Seen This Dunhill Freehand Before??????

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mso489

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Feb 21, 2013
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I'm not a Dunhill guy, so this pipe might have easily escaped my attention, but it certainly looks like a departure from the Dunhill design book. The stem, the ferrule, the freehand concept, it all looks most un-Dunhill to me. I'll be interesting to hear what the Dunhill scholars have to say. This looks like Dunhill by Mummert to me. Bad joke.
 

lightmybriar

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Mar 11, 2014
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I’m a resident Dunhill fan haha and I think that’s a pretty cool pipe. I do go to the Danes for freehands in general, but yes, Dunhill had a few freehand adventures every now and then. And yes, if the date code is 24, that’d be a 1984.
 
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cosmicfolklore

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I always think of wizards and hippies when I see freehands, that "it just grew that way" look. They probably grew out of the Arts and Crafts movement in Northern Europe. There are some famous jewelers that were inspirational at that time as well.
I can appreciate the shape, but I am just not draw to them enough to own one.
 

hauntedmyst

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Feb 1, 2010
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I have a hard time seeing Dunhill adding their Acrylic ferrule. I would not be surprised if the pipe wasn't originally something like what Brobs posted and was damaged and then repaired and that was installed.
 
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lightmybriar

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Mar 11, 2014
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Nice pipe but Izvestia to question why a company who defines traditional pipe shapes would venture into that arena.
Dunhill covers the classics for sure, but let’s not forget the windshield pipe, or their Christmas pipes with themes, or their Dalmatian pipe, etc. They do explore all sorts of avenues in addition to keeping with the classics!
 

ohfatty

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Initially, I thought the ferrule was added, however there is zero evidence of any crack and nomenclature appears to be in a standard location. . However, the original owner may have not liked the length and the ferrule added as an extension. Or it could be the result of a wacky Brit at the Dunhill lab. That is the main reason I posted this, was to see if anyone has seen a duplicate.
 
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