New Dunhill Cumberland 4407 With Army Mount (2021)

[Davy Jones]

I really like the Chestnust Prince I recently bought and wanted another one.
This one's not bad, eh? It has a lot of character, I find, with the horn army mount offering a nice contrast.

 

[daveinlax]

Looks Good! Love the horn! A very elegant piece!

 

[Morrison Jeremiah]

That is a real beauty.
Nice addition to your collection.

 

[mso489]

The late great foggymountain, a member here for years, smoked mostly Dunhills, and during his years on Forums he was buying mostly prince shape pipes. He worked in pipe shops on Manhattan as a teenager and recalled when Kaywoodie was the primo pipe, with Dunhill running second. He also bought a new Mercedes convertible in later years, but got disgusted with the digital systems and sold it off and went back to a Ford Expedition, or something like that. He was an artist and likely needed the space to haul around his paintings. His recommendation on Dunhills is/was authoritative, so congratulations.

 

[kcghost]

That's a pipe I'd like to smoke!!

 

[Chasing Embers]

Unless it's a faux military mount, stem going into briar and the horn more of an accent, the horn may be extremely fragile. I'd be afraid of the stress put on the mount otherwise. The extra care to put into horn to keep it from drying out and cracking would give me pause as well.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Are we sure it's actually horn?

 

[alaskanpiper]

Awesome pipe! Love the shape.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Are we sure it's actually horn?

Yep, the 2021 Chestnuts use real horn. Looks like direct stem to horn contact.? A ferrule mount not an actual military mount.

 

[ssjones]

Wow, that is sharp

 

[johnbarleycorn]

Beautiful pipe. I love Prince shape in general and that army mount with horn really sets it off.

 

[Davy Jones]

Thank you for all your kind words, mateys.

 

[Davy Jones]

Yep, the 2021 Chestnuts use real horn. Looks like direct stem to horn contact.? A ferrule mount not an actual military mount.

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I understand the clarification as it is indeed not a traditional Army Mount. As that's how they are called by most merchants, I decided to use this terminology.
As for your concerns, they are definitively appreciated, and I thank you for them.
I don't think, though, the horn mount will turn out to be a problem.

 

[Chasing Embers]

As that's how they are called by most merchants,

A few different variants. I've had merchants call freehand stem fittings army/military when no banding of any sort was on the pipe.