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A DUNHILL ERRATA SHEET FOR R. C. HACKER'S "RARE SMOKE": Difference between revisions
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*Dunhill may have produced 'black spot' bits (p. 45) - In fact this is extremely doubtful, the truth of the matter no doubt lies in the fact that ivory can be easily stained at any time either accidentally or intentionally. Thus with some black ink, shoe polish or whatever, one can stain an ivory dot black in an instant and no one will be able to tell whether the that 'black dot' was original or not. | *Dunhill may have produced 'black spot' bits (p. 45) - In fact this is extremely doubtful, the truth of the matter no doubt lies in the fact that ivory can be easily stained at any time either accidentally or intentionally. Thus with some black ink, shoe polish or whatever, one can stain an ivory dot black in an instant and no one will be able to tell whether the that 'black dot' was original or not. | ||
*Beginning in 1920 Dunhill turned its bowls from | *Beginning in 1920 Dunhill turned its bowls from [[Saint-Claude]] briar (p. 40) - In fact Dunhill publicly despised French briar and used Calabrian briar for the Bruyere and Algerian briar for the Shell. As Dunhill advised in its 1921 About Smoke catalog "[A Dunhill pipe will] never become saturated as do pipes cut from the more porous French Briar." That Dunhill did not use French briar was a fundamental Dunhill selling point through out the 1920's. | ||
*When Dunhill began making pipes in 1910 it initially offered 30 shapes (p. 40) - In fact this appears to be a confusion with the 30 pipe shapes made for Dunhill beginning in 1907 by Nathan's and sold by Dunhill until Dunhill began making its own pipes. Once Dunhill began to make its own pipes it ceased offering shapes #s 1 - 30. | *When Dunhill began making pipes in 1910 it initially offered 30 shapes (p. 40) - In fact this appears to be a confusion with the 30 pipe shapes made for Dunhill beginning in 1907 by Nathan's and sold by Dunhill until Dunhill began making its own pipes. Once Dunhill began to make its own pipes it ceased offering shapes #s 1 - 30. | ||