It means the pipe is meant for bonsai growing instead of for smoking.
What does a White Dot on a Pipe Mean?
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which are high-end, high priced factory pipes made in London.
This is what happens when you don't have a white dot:
That little White Spot has hypnotized me into spending lots of money I haven’t even earned yet. I love all things White Spot. Some of those pieces had a a small embossed Dunhill sticker on them that could fall off.
If you have a white dot with a gold ring around it then your extra extra special ?
And since everything is inverted these days it's only right your pipe should be too.
A dunhill that I would actually pay big money for.
It really is, consider the time it was made too. It is simple, instantly recognisable, a marketer’s wet dream. I don’t often cross paths with marketing/branding in my line of work, but when I do I’ve got to have respect for these people, and graphic designers/visual artists, because they take my work which is often dry and scientific and make it sellable.
I really appreciate you appreciating them. Back in the '70's truckers were bragging that if they didn't haul it nothing would arrive. A salesman friend , at the time, said if a salesperson didn't sell it, the trucks would be empty. As a famous person once said, "it takes a village".
Agree the white dot is brilliant marketing. But you have to have a good product for the brand to mean something. Castello was brilliant to replace the dot with a dash!
And ironically with the passage of time many of the Sasieni blue dots turned white.
Of course!
Then again, some years ago we watched a documentary about a fake, non-existent restaurant in the UK that made it to the top of the restaurants’ list without ever serving a meal, all through instagram and fake followers. A sign of our times.
Talking of fakes:
A friend working in HK bought an Apple I-Pad in China
It stopped working some time after when he was back in HK, so he took it to the Apple Store.
He told them he'd bought it in an Apple Store China, only to be told that Apple DID NOT have a store in that city.
They had faked an entire Apple Store !
A friend working in HK bought an Apple I-Pad in China
It stopped working some time after when he was back in HK, so he took it to the Apple Store.
He told them he'd bought it in an Apple Store China, only to be told that Apple DID NOT have a store in that city.
They had faked an entire Apple Store !
He told them he'd bought it in an Apple Store China, only to be told that Apple DID NOT have a store in that city.
They had faked an entire Apple Store !
Correction: Apple has dozens of authentic stores in China. The locations are listed on the company’s website. But fake Apple stores in China are a real thing too.
Yep my new Vauen Caro has a white dot on it also. On their website it specifies this model as "white dot quality"
I'm not sure if my other Vauen's have the white dot or not but I don't think they do.
I met a woman in Goa many years ago who had a white spot on her forehead, but the Kamasutra never stated whether my stem was aligned properly.
Dunhill are beautiful pipes, but given the price and that they are mass-produced, I'd rather spend my money on an artisan pipe.