Received My GBDs

[aquadoc]

I suppose you are right. It was enough to know that it was made by a given company. The shapes are self-evident. It makes you wonder who at Dunhill thought the details might matter...?! And why?

 

[oldgeezersmoker]

Aquadoc, a couple of explanations about Dunhill come to mind. They used extensive nomenclature to protect patents, and to promote that the pipes had a patented feature that no one else​ had. Second, some of the letter shape stamps first denoted customers initials for custom pipes. Subsequent pipes could be produced if another customer wanted a pipe just like the one he saw Lord Throttlebottom smoking simply by looking at the pattern book. The initials stayed the same. Third, the pipes were guaranteed for a year, so the date stamp had a meaning beyond what it has come to mean to collectors. There may be other reasons, but those are the ones that come to mind.
Neat GBD'S, by the way. Love the sitter.

 

[beefeater33]

Great Pipes Doc!........ That perspex stem looks so clean. Most of them are stained and a real bitch to clean, you got a deal on those!.... :clap:

 

[mawnansmiff]

"I see a faint series of blocks that could have been hallmarks but they are unreadable."
I think it would be most unusual to be stamped 'Sterling Silver' and to have hallmarks also. Usually it's one or the other as both pretty much say the same thing.
Regards,
Jay.

 

[aquadoc]

I will photograph both for you. I need to dig out my macro equipment. I can get a decent enough shot of the "Sterling silver" with my phone but the other, not so much. It could be my imagination.

 

[ssjones]

My phone takes better macro pictures than my wife's DSLR, just zoom in and shoot without a flash. A factory GBD band looks like this, with GBD logo and (1935 hallmark):

 

[aquadoc]

Will do but the lines/block shadow I see runs the other direction. So maybe some ones initials? In any case, the sterling silver is obvious. At 8 yr olds field. day. I need a pipe and tranquilizer. Love how my wife volunteered me.