Dunhill markings

[alexnc]

Does this all look legit? Here's a pipe and its marking. Reported to be a Bruyere.

 

[pagan]

Looks legit, but Im not educated in Dunhill pipes, hope this helps
http://www.pipephil.eu/logos/en/dunhill/index.html
http://www.pipephil.eu/logos/en/dunhill/bruyere1.html

 

[alexnc]

I bought it on ebay and decided it was a fake. Seller retrieved it from shipping and returned my $$. the number of digits seems too many - 6 vs 6. Nor can I find evidence that the other marks are legit. the 18 is 1978 but the 10 and location is unusual. If anyone knows it's real I need to offer my apologies to the seller.

 

[pruss]

I think that the "2103" stamping is problematic.
The font seems off, and it looks like the stamp was made by a machine press, leaving marks from the stamp/tool itself outside the "2103". As far as I can tell the "2103" shape corresponds to a Group 2 billiard with a fishtail stem. This is all well and good, but my Google-fu is only bringing back pictures of a slightly thicker and longer shanked pipe than the one you are showing us in pictures here appears to be.
http://dunhillpipes.com/products/copy-of-dunhill-bruyere-group-2-pipe-2102a
http://www.smoke-king.co.uk/acatalog/White-Spot-Pipe-Bruyere-2103---Group-2-Billiard---by-Alfred-Dunhill-5227.html
http://www.iwanries.com/Dunhill-Bruyere-2103-P13647C168.cfm
This all being said, the pictures you've posted don't give us great angles to check out the pipe. Do you have other photos?
I'm not a Dunhill expert, but there are others here who are. More photos will help with authentication.
Regardless, I can see why you are questioning the pipe's authenticity.
-- Pat

 

[doctorbob]

I think it is real, the underlined '10' is probably a 19 indicating a 1978 made pipe sold in 1979. Pipes made in 1978 had five digit shape codes. I think the leading'1' is a scratch or a crack.
Doc

 

[iamn8]

I agree! If your gonna spend that much time faking a Dunhill you fake a higher dollar Dunhill.