I think White Spot (Dunhill) makes nice pipes, and I use the tepid adjective advisedly. I find the extravagant prices insulting. They are handsome pipes. So are many Kaywoodie, Yello-Bole, and Stanwell Italian made. A late great Forums member was a true Dunhill devotee, back from the days when Kaywoodie was the highest luxury factory pipe, and Dunhill was a runner-up, in the 1950's. Even he had a list of the Dunhill series he wouldn't own, with which he'd become annoyed and disgusted. But the prices on White Spots are an affront. For the $750 to $850 you would spend on a standard size (Group 4/medium) pipe you could buy two, three or four artisan originals made with loving care, or two Castellos, Ser Jacopo, or some other up-market pipe. As chasing' points out, you can shop hard and find estate Dunhills at appropriate yard sale prices, with the risk that you could get something beyond repair. I understand enough about marketing -- it being a sort of hobby of mine to observe and track such things -- to know that the pricing on White Spots amounts to a scam, or at least playing the consumer for a status seeking chump. No thank you to White Spot/Dunhill pipes for me.
