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Dunhill Bruyere Spigot A Gp4
R2,750.00
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A classic Billiard bowl with a taper stem. You can enjoy the beautiful straight grain on most of the bowl, and equally beautiful flame grain on the rest of the bowl, and along the shank. The rim and base of the bowl and the top and base of the shank have stunning clear Birdseye to match.
I haven’t been offered a Dunhill Root Briar for the last 2 years at least. The only pipes offered in that finish appear to have been selected for their grain and are being offered as Dunhill Straight Grains. The price is about a premium of 50% for 1 star straight grain (partially straight grain) to 12 times the normal Root Briar price for a 6 star full straight grain.
At this year’s prices this Dunhill would retail for over R30000 even though it is not marked Straight Grain.
Another interesting note – this pipe was manufactured in 2012, the year that Dunhill changed the branding from the circled Dunhill to The White Spot with Alfred Dunhill’s above and below.
This pipe must be one of the last to have the old stamp.
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What a stunning pipe.
Exact dating was not easy.
The underlined 2 digits after England are the same size as the D which puts the date between 1970 and 1999. The digits are very blurred - possibly twenty something. However the 4 digit code tell us the pipe was probably manufactured after 1985. Then from 2000 the 2 digits after the D were no longer underscored. In addition, definitely before 2012 when the stamping was changed from the word Dunhill in an ellipse, to the words The White Spot with Alfred Dunhill’s above and below.
So this pipe was manufactured around 40 years ago, and that was after curing, and after at least 50 years in the ground.
In its 40 years since the burgundy bruyere stain was applied to the pipe, the colour has faded to reveal fine grain with plenty of hard wood. Beautiful close birdseye on one side of the bowl, spread birdseye on the other flaring into the matching horizontal grain across the front of the bowl.
A fine piece of briar. The bent apple shape offers a comfortable handful.
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A lovely flame grain on two sides of the bowl, with Birdseye front and back, all curling back over the rim.
The bowl has been specially carved into the apple shape to make the most of that grain.
Not wanting to break the round line of the bowl, the shank and mouthpiece are round, then stepping into a saddle so that the lip is thinner for extra comfort in the mouth