Famous Dunhill Smokers

[kcghost]

Leonard Nimoy rocked a Dunhill!!

 

[autumnfog]

Christopher Lee.

 

[dog_park_piper]

Julio Cortázar - Argentine author

 

[Alejo R.]

Only in the US though, I believe and, only in sales as they provided cheap through expensive layers of pipes. The British Empire meant Dunhill was revered by the upper crust, world wide. Kaywoodie did have many grades. Most likely so as to reach a wide spectrum of wallets. I'm not sure Kaywoodie and Dunhill can be compared fairly to each other as brands. Alfred Dunhill stuck to his desire to provide products for only his chosen and well understood market. He did so when he went into the automobile accessory business and continued when he expanded into pipes and tobaccos.

Comparing upper level Kaywoodie pipes to Dunhils is, I think, valid. Less expensive Kaywoodies certainly wouldn't compare well to the better grade of Dunhill or, Kaywoodie for that matter.

Except for an ad in a local newspaper for a B&M in Tallahassee touting Kaywoodies as more expensive than Dunhills, in every catalog Dunhill is consistently much more expensive than Kaywoodie. In the 1960s the best of the best Kaywoodies sold for $10, the bulk of the production sold for less than $3, and basic Dunhill through Group 4 sold for $10. That's about as comparable as Kaywoodie and Dunhill have ever been.

 

[LEP7cv]

I just purchased my dream pipe (a 1923 Dunhill). I was wondering who some famous dunhill smokers were. I know Tolkien smoked dunhill pipes but that’s all I’ve been able to find. Any others you may know?

post a couple of photos of it cmon, don't tease us like that :D

 

[orlandofurioso]

Christopher Lee.

What ? Him ?

 

[autumnfog]

Yes.

 

[orlandofurioso]

Yes.
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The archetypal gentleman .

 

[georged]

Mallory's body was found on Everest but his Dunhill was not listed as far as I know, the rope round his waist was broken in a fall, no one knows whether they were the first to reach the top, but to me if you reach the top you have to get down, or you are not successful.

Seventy years later, the main worry when standing on the top is whether the clouds will allow the mountains behind you to be visible in your selfie. (Also, the pushing and shoving to keep strangers out of your pics can get pretty rough.)

 

[Raisedbands]

Don’t forget Einstein.

 

[jpberg]

Except for an ad in a local newspaper for a B&M in Tallahassee touting Kaywoodies as more expensive than Dunhills, in every catalog Dunhill is consistently much more expensive than Kaywoodie. In the 1960s the best of the best Kaywoodies sold for $10, the bulk of the production sold for less than $3, and basic Dunhill through Group 4 sold for $10. That's about as comparable as Kaywoodie and Dunhill have ever been.

I think the Dunhill v. KW comparison has been overplayed here for years.
There’s really nothing to back it up.

 

[huntertrw]

The late author Corey Ford.

 

[jpberg]

The late author Corey Ford.

Yay for Corey Ford. I didn’t know anyone else was aware of him.

 

[puff_not_snuff]

I believe Alfred Dunhill was a famous Dunhill smoker and Bingus too.

 

[cshubhra]

If a famous person smokes both Dunhill’s and cobs will he be in this list or the other list ?

 

[huntertrw]

Yay for Corey Ford. I didn’t know anyone else was aware of him.

I've been a fan of the late Mr. Ford's writing for years, and have visited his grave (over which I smoked a pipe in his honor) in Hanover, New Hampshire. Here's a link (Corey Ford) to his entry on the findagrave,com Website.

 

[bluegrassbrian]

Mallory's body was found on Everest but his Dunhill was not listed as far as I know, the rope round his waist was broken in a fall, no one knows whether they were the first to reach the top, but to me if you reach the top you have to get down, or you are not successful. It was my heroes that got me into climbing and pipe smoking, a pipe is the best hand warmer on a mountain in winter, thank god for that, I only walk mountains now but my pipe is always with me.

Yes I believe it was Todd Snider that said, "Most men flying seem to understand
That a man technically hasn't flown til he lands
If you're coming into land and you crash and die
All you really did for sure was get too high".

 

[Derby]

I read somewhere that writer and historian Shelby Foote smoked Dunhills.

 

[oldgeezersmoker]

The playwright, Arthur Miller

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[warren]

Has the OP deserted us? Or, did he search and find all of the older threads covering this subject?