I love this shape. It's looks like a lightweight and minimalist smoking machine.
If I were to have a Dunhill, it'd be this shape. Looking around for info I've come across this shape being described as "elegant" and a "dress pipe"...so, was it designed for nights at the opera?
................here's a nice gallery of examples, from early to late...........
In my mind, it might just be the earliest example of a "military mount" pipe, it was vulcanite/vulcanite between the shank-nub and stem, which qualifies them as such...different from the "army mount" which was usually vulcanite stem to silver-banded wood shank...
...here's a good little article discussing A/M...
But that's not really what we're talking about, here's a pic from a Dunhill catalog:
I've seen differing origin dates concerning this pipe, one said 1938 and the other
is on this timeline which says 1940.....
I have found a couple of these pipes over at
............ Al Pascia ...........
...but, the price is beyond my range, even the few examples I've seen sold as estates have all been at least $250-up...
...looking for alternatives, I came across this Ascorti which fits the bill...
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...also, from 1955-1968,
Kaywoodie made this Setter model which approximates the Don shape...
So, any "hard info" you can share about this particular shape would be helpful.
Is the correct term regarding this shape "The Don" ?
Or could it be called a number of different things?
"a semi-churchwardenian poker"
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Please let me know if you know of any other makers that produce this shape, so I can widen my net!
I'm also considering an attempt at trying my hand making one with a pre-drilled briar block, since it's a fairly simple straightforward design it'd be a good starting point...but still, I'd probably end up with alotta firewood before anything resembling a pipe!!!
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