Dunhill now made in Italy?

[PipeyPiper]

your statement reads

Basically every briar pipe has some manufacturing process done it Italy
patently not true

most pipes may be but briar comes from Spain Greece and once from Algeria as well

Yes I did say that, but I also corrected myself in the following post. See above.

And is digging up root and slicing them into blocks (ebuchons) really considered "manufacturing"?

Yes it is, as manufacruring is a process to produce goods and briar needs to be processed before it reaches the pipe maker. How many pipe makers recieve the whole root? Unless they live locally I would guess none as Mimmo said even a 5 hour drive is enough for it to dry out and crack. So first they dig, hydrate, cut, boil, dry, and then cure it before it even reaches the pipe makers hand.
Its all semantics. The above video does a wonderful job showing us the whole process and the number of people involved.

 

[jpmcwjr]

What Mimmo does is incredible and similar needs to be done hundreds of times in dozens of places to supply raw stock to stummel carvers world wide.

I just don't consider that "manufacturing" whereas you do.

Are you a native English speaking kinda guy? You write well.

 

[anotherbob]

Absolutely! In the pipe world we have this notion of one man going out and selecting the briar, making the stummel, and finishing the pipe.
In the car world, transmissions, starters, and sometimes even engines are farmed out to other makers, but yet we still go by the logo on the car. I mean, when you buy a Mercedes, chances are that it’s made here in Alabama by a bunch of us rednecks, ha ha. But, many still see it as a German car.

or hence why their advertising talks about German Engineering not production so much.

 

[PipeyPiper]

What Mimmo does is incredible and similar needs to be done hundreds of times in dozens of places to supply raw stock to stummel carvers world wide.

I just don't consider that "manufacturing" whereas you do.

Are you a native English speaking kinda guy? You write well.

Thanks. According to my U.K friends English is my second language. My first being American and my third being German.

I'm an American expat living in Switzerland. But I do occasionaly spell words or say phrases that are "English" which can be confusing. Do I use an S or a Z? Do I put air in my tire or tyre? Living over here has me all messed up. ?

 

[mingc]

Thanks. According to my U.K friends English is my second language. My first being American and my third being German.

I'm an American expat living in Switzerland. But I do occasionaly spell words or say phrases that are "English" which can be confusing. Do I use an S or a Z? Do I put air in my tire or tyre? Living over here has me all messed up. ?

Do you write 7 or z with a line across them? That's the real test!

 

[jpmcwjr]

That's an easy one compared to finding a 7 with a slash on an American keyboard.....