Another round of ranting,
and an earnest plea for consideration if mayhaps someone from the White Spot market research department happens to see this.
Alfred Dunhill created the greatest range of pipe shapes ever; that many of the designs lay neglected in the dustbin is a crying shame --- how about going through the old catalogs and nominating some for a revival.
And while you're at it, please drop the silly generic 4 digit code system and bring back the proper shape numbers/letters,
the 4 digit code is totally unromantic and too overlapping, what a drag.
Learn how to make a correct FishTail stem again, please dig through your musuem and find a few specimens from back in the day when the craftsmen actually knew what a FishTail meant --- then,make your current stem-makers replicate them until they are dexterous enough to do it without reference. Rigor must be imposed. Also, bring back the F/T stamp.
Find a competent case-maker and start offering cased pipes again, I mean like in the old days, nice velvet and alligator skin (or whatever) and all that, and be sure to use your patented VentiCase design too, after all, you own the patents, might as well make use of them! With the prices you are asking, such things are to be expected.
Bring back the Own Design option. Collectors would love it! You could have an "off the shelf" range of odd catalog shapes as well as offering up anything the customer may want "bespoke upon request". Of course, such pipes would be very expensive and wouldn't exactly be a big seller, but it would reinforce the exclusivity of the White Spot, and such "halo effects" are important in marketing terms.
Since Algerian briar is available again, get some and oil-cure it and then blast the living hell out of it, call it an Antique Shell or something.
I would be a potential customer in such a wondrous event.
There are other things I could mention,
but that's enough for now.
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and an earnest plea for consideration if mayhaps someone from the White Spot market research department happens to see this.
Alfred Dunhill created the greatest range of pipe shapes ever; that many of the designs lay neglected in the dustbin is a crying shame --- how about going through the old catalogs and nominating some for a revival.
And while you're at it, please drop the silly generic 4 digit code system and bring back the proper shape numbers/letters,
the 4 digit code is totally unromantic and too overlapping, what a drag.
Learn how to make a correct FishTail stem again, please dig through your musuem and find a few specimens from back in the day when the craftsmen actually knew what a FishTail meant --- then,make your current stem-makers replicate them until they are dexterous enough to do it without reference. Rigor must be imposed. Also, bring back the F/T stamp.
Find a competent case-maker and start offering cased pipes again, I mean like in the old days, nice velvet and alligator skin (or whatever) and all that, and be sure to use your patented VentiCase design too, after all, you own the patents, might as well make use of them! With the prices you are asking, such things are to be expected.
Bring back the Own Design option. Collectors would love it! You could have an "off the shelf" range of odd catalog shapes as well as offering up anything the customer may want "bespoke upon request". Of course, such pipes would be very expensive and wouldn't exactly be a big seller, but it would reinforce the exclusivity of the White Spot, and such "halo effects" are important in marketing terms.
Since Algerian briar is available again, get some and oil-cure it and then blast the living hell out of it, call it an Antique Shell or something.
I would be a potential customer in such a wondrous event.
There are other things I could mention,
but that's enough for now.
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