Dunhill Shilling - What a beauty !!

[disinformatique]

Hi, I am Chris, I am hopelessly doomed. Hopelessly destined to the siren's song till death do us part. (Yeah, a little dramatic but you get it, right? Fellow PAD Brothers.)

Chris :puffpipe:

 

[scrooge]

Holy Moly! Very Nice Indeed!

 

[Chasing Embers]

Not a fan of Dunhills or bulldogs, but that is a pretty blast. In the bottom image, the stem looks a bit askew.

 

[disinformatique]

@chasingembers Maybe because of the blast? The last image the top part of stem has a little distance between the stem.

 

[mcitinner1]

It IS a pretty pipe, but I'd like it better if it had a smooth finish. :mrgreen:

 

[Chasing Embers]

@chasingembers Maybe because of the blast? The last image the top part of stem has a little distance between the stem.

Maybe, but a stem gap like that would be a deal breaker for me.

 

[papipeguy]

Don't "Mind The Gap", Chris. That's beauty. Enjoy.

 

[jpmcwjr]

What a find. The bowl— never noticed that exact carving before— reminds me of the early steam locomotives' stacks. Cool.

 

[iamn8]

VERY nice! Love Dunhill Shillings. In a sea of people who see Dunhill as nothing more than average, i LOVE Dunhill pipes and LOVE bulldogs. Great pipe you scored!! Shilling has always been a favorite.

 

[sjfine]

I get it. I really get it.
And, a pretty pipe to boot.

 

[irishearl]

Indeed 1 fine pipe- a shape I'd love to have.

 

[clickklick]

Yuck. There, I said it

 

[wyfbane]

I think you got a nice pipe. Love the shape. Let us know how she smokes!

 

[disinformatique]

Just to clarify gentlemen, I did not buy the pipe. My surgery earlier this year left me with no budget to get some pretty pipes till the end of next year or so. But a smoker can dream and share those dreams, right?

 

[wyfbane]

You are absolutely allowed to dream on here. We will be as supportive of that as we are PAD. It doesn't hurt that you have such nice dreams, too.
I had never heard of a Dunhill Shilling. It is a really nice looking pipe!

 

[tslex]

Damn. Dunnie. Blast. Bull. Cumberland. All of those are GOOD things.

 

[danielplainview]

Damn that's a great looking pipe.

 

[oldgeezersmoker]

Nice pipe, very hard to find, priced at about $600 with shipping today at Al Pascia, though last I looked the Euro was getting hammered. I would ask them about the stem gap, sometimes they aren't real careful in getting things lined up for photographs. These are essentially the Cumberland equivalent of a Shell Ring Grain, though some Ring Grains are weak, and I have never seen a weak Shilling. For both Ring Grains and Shillings, there seem to be periods when they are relatively easy to find new, and periods when they are nonexistent.