I wondered about that, too. It almost looks like they were either made special for some unique occasion, or someone had it done for themselves.
??You got it man. Send me your address ?Aside from looking cool, that DIY carving job has reduced the value of that dunny to mere pennies...I’ll take it off your hands if you want ?
That’s what I thought. I’m surprised I haven’t seen one before but who knows if the carving is Dunhill or not. Bertie was a very heavy smoker but I don’t remember seeing him with a pipe but it’s a cool association piece as Dunhill was granted his Royal Warrant.
I'm a bit surprised by it too. I'm not sure if it's original either but the quality is good enough that I tend to believe that it is.
Yeah, I literally cannot find anything anywhere online, whether pictures or something written. Was hoping someone more experienced than me would recognize it.
After I couldn't find anything, I questioned whether it was original, but you pointed out what I also was thinking. It is done so well that it doesn't look like someone just slapped it on there afterward. Wish I had more info on it!
Thanks man! Both this and the Peterson I posted are super cool pipes. The buddy that gave them to me received 50 pipes from his brother-in-law that were his great grandfathers. He had a bunch of other Dunhills and was generous enough to give me these two. After all, I was the one who got him into pipe smoking. Haha.
