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*'''First Transition:''' | *'''First Transition:''' | ||
On 9 January of 1981, the tobacco manufacturing section was moved to Murray Sons & Company Ltd in Northern Ireland and Alfred Dunhill’s investment in Dunhill Tobacco Ltd was sold on to Rothmans International Limited, for a profit of £500,000. The only exception to the Murray transition was the My Mixture blends (other than 965). Available only from the London Duke Street shop.<ref name=loring4>Loring, J. C. ('90s). Dunhill Pipe Tobacco: 1907 – 1990. Chicago: Loring Page [https://pipedia.org/wiki/DUNHILL_PIPE_TOBACCO:_1907_%E2%80%93_1990]</ref><ref name=balfour26>Balfour, Michael. (1992). Alfred Dunhill, One Hundred Years and More (p. 180). London: Weidenfield and Nicolson.</ref>. | On 9 January of 1981, the tobacco manufacturing section was moved to Murray Sons & Company Ltd in Northern Ireland (throughout its trading life, Murray manufactured various brands of tobacco products including pipe tobacco Craven, Erinmore, Yachtsman Navy Cut cigarettes etc) and Alfred Dunhill’s investment in Dunhill Tobacco Ltd was sold on to Rothmans International Limited (who owned Murray), for a profit of £500,000. The only exception to the Murray transition was the My Mixture blends (other than 965). Available only from the London Duke Street shop.<ref name=loring4>Loring, J. C. ('90s). Dunhill Pipe Tobacco: 1907 – 1990. Chicago: Loring Page [https://pipedia.org/wiki/DUNHILL_PIPE_TOBACCO:_1907_%E2%80%93_1990]</ref><ref name=balfour26>Balfour, Michael. (1992). Alfred Dunhill, One Hundred Years and More (p. 180). London: Weidenfield and Nicolson.</ref>. | ||
*'''Second Transition:''' | *'''Second Transition:''' | ||
The tobacco manufacturing was at Murray up to 2005, then was moved to Denmark | In June 1999, Rothmans International was acquired by British American Tobacco. In 2004, The BAT announced the closure of Murray, Sons and Company Ltd in 2005. The tobacco manufacturing was at Murray up to 2005, then was moved to Denmark and the blends were licensed to Orlik and STG.<ref name=loring4>Loring, J. C. ('90s). Dunhill Pipe Tobacco: 1907 – 1990. Chicago: Loring Page [https://pipedia.org/wiki/DUNHILL_PIPE_TOBACCO:_1907_%E2%80%93_1990]</ref>. | ||
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[[File:Airstream.jpg|thumb|right|148px|Reaming Tool.]] | [[File:Airstream.jpg|thumb|right|148px|Reaming Tool.]] | ||
[[File:1820391231429099.jpeg|frameless|border|left|45px|]]A pipe with a reaming device for removing excess carbon (Patent Nº 17077/38). That operated through the bottom of the bowl (one of which pipes belonged to King George VI) was known as the "M.C"<ref name=jcl10>Loring, J. C. (1998) The Dunhill Briar Pipe - The Patent Years and After (pp. 48-49). Chicago: self-published.</ref> | [[File:1820391231429099.jpeg|frameless|border|left|45px|]]A pipe with a reaming device for removing excess carbon (Patent Nº 17077/38). That operated through the bottom of the bowl (one of which pipes belonged to King George VI) was known as the "M.C". When the pipe was smoked, the circular saw-toothed 'reamer' disc rested on the inside bottom of the bowl and the thin handle (still attached to the disc) folded back and rested underneath the shank<ref name=jcl10>Loring, J. C. (1998) The Dunhill Briar Pipe - The Patent Years and After (pp. 48-49). Chicago: self-published.</ref>.<br>[[File:Malcolm Campbell rc10431.jpg|thumb|right|148px|Sir Malcolm Campbell.]] | ||
<center><font size="2">[[File:Aspas-copy.png|40px]]'''This pipe has been invented by Sir Malcolm Campbell, M.B.E. the world-famous motorist, to meet two difficulties frequently experienced by the pipe smoker — the complete emptying of the pipe without fear of damage and the preservation of a uniform film of carbon inside the bowl. The disc is pushed through the bowl with a rotary motion removing in one action the ashes and the surplus carbon. The result is an eminently dry and cool-smoking pipe.[[File:Aspas.png|40px]]</font> Nick Foulkes <ref name=dbd>Foulkes, Nick (2005). Dunhill by Design: A Very English Story (p. 75). Flammarion, Paris.</ref></center><br> | <center><font size="2">[[File:Aspas-copy.png|40px]]'''This pipe has been invented by Sir Malcolm Campbell, M.B.E. the world-famous motorist, to meet two difficulties frequently experienced by the pipe smoker — the complete emptying of the pipe without fear of damage and the preservation of a uniform film of carbon inside the bowl. The disc is pushed through the bowl with a rotary motion removing in one action the ashes and the surplus carbon. The result is an eminently dry and cool-smoking pipe.[[File:Aspas.png|40px]]</font> Nick Foulkes <ref name=dbd>Foulkes, Nick (2005). Dunhill by Design: A Very English Story (p. 75). Flammarion, Paris.</ref></center><br> | ||
[[File:Dunhill-airstream-smoking-pipe.jpg|frameless|border|left|45px]] The "carburetor" pipe which had a small mushroom-shaped metal device fixed at the bottom of the inside of the bowl to act as a heat sink (later named "Airstream"). | [[File:Dunhill-airstream-smoking-pipe.jpg|frameless|border|left|45px]] The "carburetor" pipe which had a small mushroom-shaped metal device fixed at the bottom of the inside of the bowl to act as a heat sink (later named "Airstream"). | ||