Dunhill JFK Pipe

[3rdguy]

Al Pascià - DUNHILL JFK Commemorative Amber Root 5103 smoking pi

Dunhill The White Spot, Dunhill Shell Briar smoking pipes, Dunhill Shell Briar pipes, Dunhill Shell Briar 煙斗, Dunhill Shell Briar труба, Dunhill Sh

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Only 5K!

 

[briarbuck]

Al Pascià - DUNHILL JFK Commemorative Amber Root 5103 smoking pi

Dunhill The White Spot, Dunhill Shell Briar smoking pipes, Dunhill Shell Briar pipes, Dunhill Shell Briar 煙斗, Dunhill Shell Briar труба, Dunhill Sh

www.alpascia.com

Only 5K!

Beautiful pipe.

It gave me an idea. Somebody should make silver caps with birth year silver dollars or quarters for people.

 

[mso489]

Handsome pipe for sure, that wind cap for smoking underway in that nifty sailboat he had, which is at the JFK library on display. Handsome little cabin sailor. Nice the boat wasn't some fat monster or over-rigged racer. I'm not a JFK believer per se, but I admire some of the good things he did. As a school kid, I used to enjoy coming home to his press conferences, which have never been exceeded for deft responses and a ready wit. Even in junior high, I knew I was hearing platform work at a high level.

 

[puff_not_snuff]

Nice pipe if not for the tacky windcap.

 

[donjgiles]

Is it just me or is the grain rather... uninspiring?
$5,000? No thanks.

 

[mso489]

I don't think I'd take a $5K pipe sailing, as I think about it. Maybe a nice MM cob, with a $1 wind cap.

 

[kcghost]

At $5K it is something to wonder about as I just don't have that kind of money to spend on a pipe. And the tacky cap makes it even less desirable.

 

[sablebrush52]

Mediocre grain, mediocre silver work. Anyone notice how the hinge components don't line up? 5 grand is a pretty good return for sticking a 50¢ piece on top.

But someone out there is screwed up enough to buy it.

 

[georged]

Mediocre grain, mediocre silver work.

Mediocre in every way. Pretty much everything Dunhill did badly in the 1970s in on display.

The sad part? JFK took office during an excellent run (1949--1968/9) and good specimens in 1961 were by far the rule, not the exception.

 

[mso489]

Dunhill/White Spot takes it as a point of honor to price things beyond all scruples. If a pipe is not tagged at least twice its value under another name, they send it to the crusher. If you don't have a startled intake of air when you look at the price of one of their pipes, they are simply not doing their job. If they made corn cob pipes, they would start at $900 USD. But there is a demographic that shops for just this purpose, to buy things, no matter what, that others can't afford. That is the joy and purpose of a purchase. Meantime, I am always amazed at how well my Yello-Bole smokes. ?

 

[pepesdad1]

Fools and their money......

 

[bullet08]

Two dead people involved and I guess it's too mean to make fun of them. But what the hell. Norma Jeane was much prettier and I heard JFK got her for free.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Another crap exposure/poor lighting. Stem under exposed, bowl with specular highlights. I'd buy it for $200.

 

[saltedplug]

Kennedy is said to have been one of our better presidents. To me the pipe is a another greedy ploy by Dunhill to capitalize on his heritage and the eternal myth that Dunhill means excellence. What it really means today is machine-made pipes selling for twice their value, somehow still propelled by the great blowhard Alfred and the legions of pipe smokers all too ready to salute to that limp flag.

 

[mingc]

Another crap exposure/poor lighting. Stem under exposed, bowl with specular highlights. I'd buy it for $200.

I'll pay fiddy cents for that pipe! I'm a big spender, I admit it.

 

[unadoptedlamp]

Dunhill pipes are not as overpriced as some of their other offerings. While waiting for my wife at the airport in Sao Paulo, I walked into a shop just to see if they had pipes.

They didn't.

But they had wallets, suits, belt buckles, ties, and who knows what else that makes a Dunhill pipe look like an afterthought to the whole ensemble.

And yes, I have a couple of Dunhill pipes. They serve the purpose I bought them for. Next time I'm passing through there, I'll see if they have any commemorative socks with former presidents. I'll bet they're not far off the price of that pipe...

 

[saltedplug]

Before 1965 Dunhill made pipes with a well-founded reputation for excellence. Imagine to have such a shop but then begin sacrificing quality for profit, and this especially more tragic given the years of effort needed to achieve this.

It's easy to do things wrong and very difficult to do them with excellence.