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'''Written by John C. Loring'''<br> | '''Written by John C. Loring'''<br> | ||
''Contributed by Jean-Christophe Bienfait'' | ''Contributed by Jean-Christophe Bienfait'' | ||
Custom blending of the sort Alfred described in his catalog had another problem as well. It does not necessarily produce the best possible blend. Blending is more then just mixing together different leaf in proportion. There are blending techniques, e.g., stoving, toasting, pressing, that take time and experimentation and can hardly be done at the store’s blending counter. Then too, once a blend is mixed it needs time to ‘marry’ both in bulk and in the tin. Above all else Alfred strove for the best, thus it was only natural that a few years later, in 1912, bespoke blending took a back seat again as Alfred Dunhill introduced his first pre-packaged ‘name’ blends: “Royal Yacht”, “Cuba” and “Durbar”. And priced not at the “My Mixture” 10/8 but at the very considerable premium of 16/- per lb for “Durbar” and 21/- per lb for “Royal Yacht” and “Cuba”. | Custom blending of the sort Alfred described in his catalog had another problem as well. It does not necessarily produce the best possible blend. Blending is more then just mixing together different leaf in proportion. There are blending techniques, e.g., stoving, toasting, pressing, that take time and experimentation and can hardly be done at the store’s blending counter. Then too, once a blend is mixed it needs time to ‘marry’ both in bulk and in the tin. Above all else Alfred strove for the best, thus it was only natural that a few years later, in 1912, bespoke blending took a back seat again as Alfred Dunhill introduced his first pre-packaged ‘name’ blends: “Royal Yacht”, “Cuba” and “Durbar”. And priced not at the “My Mixture” 10/8 but at the very considerable premium of 16/- per lb for “Durbar” and 21/- per lb for “Royal Yacht” and “Cuba”. | ||
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(The most important dating issue generally is: ‘is it Dunhill or is it Murrays’. Normally, the answer can be quickly determined by looking for the country of origin, if it is the United Kingdom, it is Murraysproduction. Similarly a 100 gram ‘pancake’ tin indicates Murrays production.) | (The most important dating issue generally is: ‘is it Dunhill or is it Murrays’. Normally, the answer can be quickly determined by looking for the country of origin, if it is the United Kingdom, it is Murraysproduction. Similarly a 100 gram ‘pancake’ tin indicates Murrays production.) | ||
Back to Loring's articles [https://pipedia.org/wiki/Dunhill#John_C._Loring_Articles '''here'''] | Back to Loring's articles [https://pipedia.org/wiki/Dunhill#John_C._Loring_Articles '''here'''] | ||
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