Hello, and Please Don’t Judge Dunhill.

[Merton]

Welcome from Boston. Only you can answer the question posed and there is no wrong answer. I like my Dunhills. They are all well made, smoke well and look great. The buyer does pay a substantial premium for them and that is where the answer to the question lies for each pipe smoker. My experience has been that many of mine smoke much better than pipes in my collection made by well known artisans who also charge a premium...

 

[ThomasS]

 

[warren99]

Welcome from California. I own several Dunhills—old and new. They all smoke very well. No complaints here; although they are on the pricey side.

 

[WVOldFart]

Hello and welcome from West Virginia.

 

[StayPufft]

Welcome from Ontario!

 

[AroEnglish]

Welcome! I've got one Dunhill and I absolutely love how it smokes. It's an estate from the 60s and is a shape that isn't made by other companies. Even with that I probably wouldn't buy another one.

 

[Danimal92sport]

Welcome from Chicago, from a fellow new member! I’ve seen several Dunhill’s I’d love to own, enjoy yours!

 

[dog_park_piper]

I saw someone blind test whiskey this week. It was actually a brand we are know of but since it was a blind test he approached it the true way, no marketing.

The whiskey, he said, hits all the buttons a whiskey should have and lacks anything off-putting. Nothing to write home about.

**That is how decent pipes are. A pipe needs to not be off putting for some reason. It does not have to turn mediocre tobacco into your favorite. It’s about not hitting negative boxes. The only positive boxes it needs to hit is is it comfortable and is the button appealing in the mouth.

Without the branding, I would assume my Dunhills are fine pipes, but they collect more dust than my pipes that cost less.

 

[Joe H]

Welcome from Alaska! Great to have you here and thanks for instigating an interesting discussion.

Just to add my .02 cents, I only rotate between 10 pipes and they all smoke fine. My pipes would have been called drug store pipes (Medico, Dr. Grabow, Kaywoodie and the like) back in the day. I only smoke outdoors and usually when I'm doing something (work chores, walking the dog, fishing in a canoe). In all cases for me, the circumstances under which I'm smoking, or the tobacco in use, have a predominant impact, rather than the pipe in question, on how that smoking session went.

On the rare occasion when I can just sit and enjoy a bowl, then those sessions always stand out as really great smokes - regardless of which pipe or tobacco was used. Again, thanks for joining!

 

[JOHN72]

Welcome from Spain.

 

[minerLuke]

Hello and welcome from BC, Canada

I have about a dozen Dunhill pipes, a mix of some estates and new(er) ones. I love my Dunhills, they are my favorite pipes, taken as a group by maker. I have found that if you look for deals, you can find estates for not too terrible prices and I have also got some deals by shopping internationally from UK, Germany, Italy and Denmark compared to USA/Canada. I'm not sure why the same pipes seem to be a good 15-20% more over on this side of the pond.

 

[kcghost]

Welcome to the forum from KC!! No problem with Dunhills here though I've never owned one. Would kind of liked to have got birth-year Dunhill but I was born in 1947 say that kind of out that out the window. Don't worry about the naysayers just enjoy what you like.

 

[Sigmund]

Hi from France. I like other peoples Dunhills but most of their pipes dont make me reach for my wallet. There is room here for whatever pipe tickles your fancy.

 

[BrightDarkEyes]

Hello from BC, Canada. Many good points have been made here.

By pure coincidence I won an auction for an estate Dunhill about fifteen minutes after you posted this thread. It has been nearly a year of looking for me and I am happy I was able to get it for a great price. Like @AroEnglish I will also probably never buy another Dunhill.

 

[trouttimes]

Welcome from Alabama. Are Dunhills worth it? Yes and no. All my 1968 and older Dunhills smoke good, some even smoke great. The pipes made after 1970 seem for me to be hit or miss much like Castello.

 

[AreBee]

Welcome from Connecticut!

 

[sablebrush52]

Welcome to the forum from the Center Of The Known Universe!

Ashland, Oregon

To Dunhill or not to Dunhill, that is the question.
Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous prices, or to take arms against a sea of alternatives, And by opposing end them.

You want Dunhills, buy Dunhills. I’ve owned a number of them, enjoyed them, and moved on pipes I like better. Preference is personal.

 

[bpinkstaff]

Welcome from Rockton Illinois! I have heard nothing but good things about them!

 

[dingdong]

Greetings from Jakarta, Indonesia

 

[tobakenist]

Hi and welcome Tony from Northamptonshire, England. I have several Dunhills and love them.